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

It is largely because while Java 7 is the current version, a lot of code still uses Java 6, which does not support the latter form.

In essence, Java 7 compilers are better at infering generic types.