Day 28: Arrays.asList() and new ArrayList<>() are not the same

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

class Day28 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<String> filePathsFromList = new ArrayList<>();
        filePathsFromList.add("/home/mohibulhasan/Downloads");
        filePathsFromList.add("/home/mohibulhasan/Pictures");

        String[] paths = new String[]{
            "/home/mohibulhasan/Downloads",
            "/home/mohibulhasan/Pictures"
        };
        List<String> filePathsFormArray = Arrays.asList(paths);

        // Calling add on a list created from Arrays.asList()
        // will throw UnsupportedOperationException.
        filePathsFormArray.add("/home/mohibulhasan/Applications");

        filePathsFromList.add("/home/mohibulhasan/Applications");

        System.out.println("Arrays.asList() returns ArrayList? "
            + (filePathsFormArray instanceof ArrayList));
        System.out.println("new ArrayList<>() returns ArrayList? "
            + (filePathsFromList instanceof ArrayList));
    }
}