What is the difference between Collections.emptyList() and Collections.EMPTY_LIST

Question

In Java, we have Collections.emptyList() and Collections.EMPTY_LIST. Both have the same property:

Returns the empty list (immutable). This list is ser

Answer 1

Lets get to the source :

 public static final List EMPTY_LIST = new EmptyList<>();

and

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static final  List emptyList() {
    return (List) EMPTY_LIST;
}