From fbe736c9bbd65b261c37b80a02927a83732c022a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Tedor <jason@tedor.me>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 10:49:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Cleaner type-inference assistance

---
 .../org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/GceComputeServiceImpl.java  | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/GceComputeServiceImpl.java b/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/GceComputeServiceImpl.java
index 0171a7fe539..943b1cd0eae 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/GceComputeServiceImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/GceComputeServiceImpl.java
@@ -80,14 +80,12 @@ public class GceComputeServiceImpl extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<GceCompute
                     }
                 });
                 // assist type inference
-                List<Instance> items = instanceList.isEmpty() ? Collections.emptyList() : instanceList.getItems();
-                return items;
+                return instanceList.isEmpty() ? Collections.<Instance>emptyList() : instanceList.getItems();
             } catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
                 logger.warn("Problem fetching instance list for zone {}", zoneId);
                 logger.debug("Full exception:", e);
                 // assist type inference
-                List<Instance> items = Collections.emptyList();
-                return items;
+                return Collections.<Instance>emptyList();
             }
         }).reduce(new ArrayList<>(), (a, b) -> {
             a.addAll(b);