Syntax error on token

[egun]

Hoping someone could help me resolve this error I'm getting in Eclipse. Any help would be appreciated! On the 1st line i'm getting:

- Syntax error on token "static", interface expected after this token
- Syntax error on token ">", { expected after this token

With the following code:

public static Map<String,String> parse(String form)
{
 Map<String,String> result = new HashMap<String, String>();
 StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(form, "&");
 while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
  {
  String str = tok.nextToken();
  StringTokenizer tok2 = new StringTokenizer(str,"=");
  if(!tok2.hasMoreTokens())
   {
     continue;
   }

   String left = tok2.nextToken();
   if (!tok2.hasMoreTokens())
   {
     left = encode(left);
     result.put(left,null);
     continue;
   }
   String right = tok2.nextToken();
   right = encode(right,null);
   result.put(left,right);
  }
return result;
}

Mod edit: code tags added

[Fubarable]

What compiler compliance level are you using? Is it for Java 1.5 or 1.6? If not, Java won't understand your generics declarations.

[egun]

JaveSE-1.6

Thanks.

[Tolls]

I suspect the actual error is elsewhere.
Looks like the sort of thing you get when your brackets are out of synch.
In other words, the compiler is guessing at the problem, but it's a bit lost.
Ensure your code is formatted, and see if there's a problem there.

[jassi]

Hi You are writing this code without a class

First create a class and then enter this whole code in that class.

For example

public class Token{

//Body of your code goes here

}