Collections.emptyList() returns a List<Object>?

Question

I\'m having some trouble navigating Java\'s rule for inferring generic type parameters. Consider the following class, which has an optional list parameter:

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Answer 1

You want to use:

Collections.emptyList();

If you look at the source for what emptyList does you see that it actually just does a

return (List)EMPTY_LIST;