--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeMaker.java	Fri Dec 16 15:27:34 2016 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeMaker.java	Fri Dec 16 15:27:47 2016 +0000
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
     }
 
     public JCTry Try(JCBlock body, List<JCCatch> catchers, JCBlock finalizer) {
-        return Try(List.<JCTree>nil(), body, catchers, finalizer);
+        return Try(List.nil(), body, catchers, finalizer);
     }
 
     public JCTry Try(List<JCTree> resources,
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
     }
 
     public JCTypeParameter TypeParameter(Name name, List<JCExpression> bounds) {
-        return TypeParameter(name, bounds, List.<JCAnnotation>nil());
+        return TypeParameter(name, bounds, List.nil());
     }
 
     public JCTypeParameter TypeParameter(Name name, List<JCExpression> bounds, List<JCAnnotation> annos) {
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
     }
 
     public JCModifiers Modifiers(long flags) {
-        return Modifiers(flags, List.<JCAnnotation>nil());
+        return Modifiers(flags, List.nil());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
     }
 
     public JCErroneous Erroneous() {
-        return Erroneous(List.<JCTree>nil());
+        return Erroneous(List.nil());
     }
 
     public JCErroneous Erroneous(List<? extends JCTree> errs) {
@@ -613,9 +613,9 @@
     {
         return ClassDef(mods,
                         names.empty,
-                        List.<JCTypeParameter>nil(),
+                        List.nil(),
                         null,
-                        List.<JCExpression>nil(),
+                        List.nil(),
                         defs);
     }
 
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
      * Create a no-arg method invocation from a method tree
      */
     public JCMethodInvocation App(JCExpression meth) {
-        return Apply(null, meth, List.<JCExpression>nil()).setType(meth.type.getReturnType());
+        return Apply(null, meth, List.nil()).setType(meth.type.getReturnType());
     }
 
     /** Create a method invocation from a method tree and a list of argument trees.
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@
             ListBuffer<JCExpression> elems = new ListBuffer<>();
             for (int i = 0; i < array.values.length; i++)
                 elems.append(translate(array.values[i]));
-            result = NewArray(null, List.<JCExpression>nil(), elems.toList()).setType(array.type);
+            result = NewArray(null, List.nil(), elems.toList()).setType(array.type);
         }
         JCExpression translate(Attribute a) {
             a.accept(this);