comparison of List & ArrayList

[k sabeerdeen]

hi experts,

what is the difference between the two :

List list= new ArrayList();

ArrayList list = new ArrayList();

thanks in advace!

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

It is something called Coding to the interface.
With the first- We could assign instances of anything which implements List- ArrayList, LinkedList, Vector to the list reference
In the second case- We can assign instances of ArrayList only.