Since 1.5 you can use the `Arrays` built-in [1]: List<String> people = Arrays.asList("Frank", "Mary", "Bob"); [1] http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/

Since 1.5 you can use the `Arrays` built-in [1]: List<String> people = Arrays.asList("Frank", "Mary", "Bob"); [1] http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/A...