Declaring a list in java, best practice

Question

I've come across a question of best practice. Which option is better:

List list = new ArrayList<String>();

or

List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(); ?

Is there any down side of using any of these? Or writing List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();

The first should result in a compiler warning about using raw types, don't do that. Number 3 used to be the way to do it until the shorthand version (number 2) was introduced in java 8 (or java7?), so use either of these. — f1sh, Jan 17 '23 at 09:35
`List list` is *raw type*. Please see [What is a raw type and why shouldn't we use it?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/2770321) — Pshemo, Jan 17 '23 at 09:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 17 '23 at 10:18

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Either:

List <String> list = new ArrayList<>();

Or:

List <String> list = new ArrayList<String>();

Both are correct.

edited Jan 17 '23 at 10:18

Adrian Mole

answered Jan 17 '23 at 09:37

sourav

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