Generics question

[split steppe]

What is the difference between doing
List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
and
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();

[rich geyser]

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[zenith storm]

no difference

it's just that the compiler can infer the generic arguments based on the type you've declared, so it's not needed to repeat it

just like you can do

var list = new ArrayList<String>();

and the compiler still knows that list is of type ArrayList<String>

[split steppe]

ah, understood

thank you

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