How do I create some variable type alias in Java

Question

let say I have this code

Map list = new HashMap();
list.put(\"number1\", \"one\");
list.put(\"number2\", \"two\")         


        

Answer 1

Nothing like that exists in Java. You might be able to do something with IDE templates or autocompletion, and look forward to (limited) generics type inference in Java 7.