Java Generics Syntax for arrays

Question

What data structure does the following declaration specify?

 List[] myArray;

I think it should declare an array where each

Answer 1

You are correct in saying:

After running some tests, I determined the declaration means an array where each element is an ArrayList object.

Executing this code

List[] myArray  = new ArrayList[2];

myArray[0] = new ArrayList();
myArray[0].add("test 1");

myArray[1] = new ArrayList();
myArray[1].add("test 2");

print myArray;

Produces this result:

{["test 1"], ["test 2"]}

It seems to me there is no reason not to do this instead:

List myArray  = new ArrayList();