What is a parameterized reference in Java?
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2770321/what-is-a-raw-type-and-why-shouldnt-we-use-it">What is a raw type and why shouldn&rsquo;t we use it?</a>  </p>
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<p>Why the following line of code:</p>

<pre><code>private static List list = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt;();
</code></pre>

<p>... generates the following warning:</p>

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  <p>List is a raw type. References to
  generic type List should be
  parameterized.</p>
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