Adding value to List<String> = new ArrayList<String>(); [duplicate]

Question

Sorry i really dont know how to do this, last resort but to ask. I wanted to add values to the string list. But my code is not working

private List<String> sample = new ArrayList<String>(){"item1","item2","item3"};

Answer 1

Here it is:

List<String> sample = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("item1", "item2", "item3"));