Yeah, or LinkedList<String> strings = new LinkedList<>(Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3"));
But I guess what Phillip really wants is to be able to *express* ArrayList<String> strings = ["1", "2", "3"]; and I believe there's a reason he can't have it :-( On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Louis Wasserman <lowas...@google.com> wrote: > Pavel, what you can do there is new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("1", "2", > "3", "4", "5")); > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:40 AM Pavel Rappo <pavel.ra...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> Not quite. You don't have the ability to specify a particular >> implementation >> (e.g. the thing won't work if what you want is, say, LinkedList) >> >> > On 9 Jul 2015, at 18:34, kedar mhaswade <kedar.mhasw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Wouldn't Arrays.asList >> > < >> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html#asList-T...- >> > >> > work for you? >> >>