What can i use instead of generics?

Question

I have a peice of code which i am getting loads of problems with the only thing i can think of is that i am using generics, can somebody tell me another way to write this without using generics?
List<VidBean> videos = new ArrayList<VidBean>();

Answer 1

yeah i tried that but now instead of the error from above i get 6 errors:
myBean.java [38:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : method forName (java.lang.String)
location: class Class
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
                 ^
myBean.java [71:1] incompatible types
found   : java.util.ArrayList
required: List
           List videos = new ArrayList();
                         ^
myBean.java [73:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class VidBean
location: class finderBean
                VidBean video = new VidBean();
                ^
myBean.java [73:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class VidBean
location: class finderBean
                VidBean video = new VidBean();
                                    ^
myBean.java [74:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : method getInd (java.lang.String)
location: interface java.sql.ResultSet
                video.setRecId(rs0.getInd("recording_id"));
                                  ^
myBean.java [86:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable stmt
location: class finderBean
        stmt.close();
        ^
6 errors
Errors compiling myBean.