return arraylist error

[oll3i]

public ArrayList<String> wyswietlHistorieRachunku(String numer_konta) { 	  
	
	try { 
		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("konta//"+numer_konta+".txt"));
	    ArrayList<String> historia = new ArrayList<String>();
	    String strLine = br.readLine();
	
	    while((strLine = br.readLine()) != null){   
		      historia.add(strLine); 
	
	         }  
	
	  br.close();
	  }catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
		    System.err.println("Nie ma takiego konta(File not found!)");
	  }catch (IOException e) {
	          System.err.println(e);
	  }catch (Exception ex)  {
      ex.printStackTrace();  }	 
 	  }
   return historia;
}

I want to return an arraylist historia
why eclipse says syntax error on token return ,invalid type ?

[JosAH]

I want to return an arraylist historia
why eclipse says syntax error on token return ,invalid type ?

Eclipse doesn't say that; it says something like: 'historia: symbol not found".
You've defined that list in the try { ... } block and it doesn't exist outside of
that block. Define the historia variable above that try { ... } block in an outer
local scope.

kind regards,

Jos

[oll3i]

I did what u suggested and still eclipse highlights return as an error

[oll3i]

okey i solved it thank you