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

In other words, EMPTY_LIST is not type safe:

  List list = Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
  Set set = Collections.EMPTY_SET;
  Map map = Collections.EMPTY_MAP;

As compared to:

    List s = Collections.emptyList();
    Set l = Collections.emptySet();
    Map d = Collections.emptyMap();