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I'm using Android Studio and I write this :

List<Button> buttons = new ArrayList<Button>();

I have this message :

Explicit type argument Button should be replaced by <>

I'm curious, why would it be better to use diamond instead ?

List<Button> buttons = new ArrayList<>();

EDIT :
I don't agree with the duplicate at all ! I saw that answer before and it compares explicit argument to no argument at all, whereas I compare explicit argument to implicit argument !

Dan Chaltiel
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It is less verbose, consider the following

Map<String,List<String>> map = new HashMap<String,List<String>>();

vs 

Map<String,List<String>> map = new HashMap<>();

I think you would go for the second option

Sleiman Jneidi
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    So not any difference except "beautiful" ? I'll go for it ! – Dan Chaltiel Oct 15 '15 at 09:21
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    @DanChaltiel I guess you could also argue that it's easier to change later because you would need to perform the change on every usage of the explicit version. I mean e.g. changing from `String` to `Integer`. – lucidbrot Nov 18 '17 at 21:32