In Java 9 we can easily initialize an ArrayList in a single line:
List<String> places = List.of("Buenos Aires", "Córdoba", "La Plata"); or
List<String> places = new ArrayList<>(List.of("Buenos Aires", "Córdoba", "La Plata")); This new approach of Java 9 has many advantages over the previous ones:
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