Type parameter in ArrayList

Question

Hi all,
I need to know the reason why the name of type parameter is not allowed to be the same as class name . For example,
import java.util.Random;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class[b] bouncingBalls {
static ArrayList<bouncingBalls> list = new ArrayList<bouncingBalls>();
     bouncingBalls a=new bouncingBalls();
     list.add(a);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
Please help. Thanks.

Answer 1

try this:
public class bouncingBalls
    static ArrayList<bouncingBalls> list = new ArrayList<bouncingBalls>();
    static bouncingBalls a = new bouncingBalls(); // needs static here
    // list.add(a);  // this needs to be in a method
    public static void main(String[] args)
        list.add(a);
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