Is there a difference between explicitly putting the type into the diamond operator vs letting java figure it out?

Question

Is there any difference between initialization via:

MyWrapper wrapper = new MyWrapper();

vs initialization via:

Answer 1

JDK 7 allows to not redefine this "redundant" diamond at initialization time.

It's just a shorter syntax.

With JDK <= JDK 6, the latter doesn't work, you have to use the former.