Array, List, Set, Map, Tuple, Record Literals in Java

Occasionally, when I’m thrilled by the power and expressiveness of
JavaScript, I find myself missing one or two features in the Java world.
Apart from lambda expressions / closures or whatever you want to call
« anonymous functions », it’s the use of advanced literals for common data
types, such as arrays, lists, sets, maps, etc. In JavaScript, no one
would think about constructing a…