The method sendKeys(CharSequence[]) in the type WebElement is not applicable for the arguments (String)

When using sendKeys on an web element using selenium, the reported exception may be thrown as below.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem:
    The method sendKeys(CharSequence[]) in the type WebElement is not applicable for the arguments (String)

    at scripts.VerifyLogin.main(VerifyLogin.java:12)


This can be corrected by changing the java compilation level tot he latest availabe verison in eclipse.
Project propeties > Build Path > configure Build Path > Java compiler > compiler compilation level (Change to latest available version).