String array initialization as constructor parameter [duplicate]

Question

In Java, it is completely legal to initialize a String array in the following way:

String[] s = {"FOO", "BAR"}; 

However, when trying to instantiate a class that takes a String array as a parameter, the following piece of code is NOT allowed:

Test t = new Test({"test"}); 

But this works again:

Test t = new Test(new String[] {"test"}); 

Can someone explain why this is?

Answer 1

String[] s = {"FOO", "BAR"};   

this is allowed at declaration time only

You can't

String[] s; s={"FOO", "BAR"};   

Answer 2

Because Type[] x = { ... } is an initialization syntax for arrays. The { ... } is interpreted in a specific way only in that specific context.