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Diamond can be replaced with explicit type arguments

Reports instantiation of generic classes in which the <> symbol (diamond) is used instead of type parameters.

The quick-fix replaces <> (diamond) with explicit type parameters.

Example:

List <String> list = new ArrayList<>()

After the quick-fix is applied:

List <String> list = new ArrayList<String>()

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DiamondCanBeReplacedWithExplicitTypeArguments
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Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

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Diamond operation appeared in Java 7. This inspection can help to downgrade for backward compatibility with earlier Java versions.

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection DiamondCanBeReplacedWithExplicitTypeArguments

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025