Why it is not possible to create directly an array of Functions in java?

Question

I am trying to create an array of functions to pass to a method:

private void test(Function<?,?>... fns) {
        return;
    }

In order to do so, I can create the array, and add objects one by one with:

Function<A, B>[] fnArr = new Function[10];
fnArr[0] = Class1::staticMethod1;
fnArr[1] = Class1::staticMethod2;
fnArr[2] = Class1::staticMethod3;
...

But when I try to to this while initializing array:

Function<A, B>[] fnArr = new Function<A, B>[] { Class1::staticMethod1}

I get following error:

Cannot create a generic array of Function

Why is this? How can I avoid having a lot of lines to initialize the array by adding objects 1 by 1?

Note I need a solution for java8