The Java® Language Specification, Java SE 7 Edition, Fourth Edition

15.9. Class Instance Creation Expressions

A class instance creation expression is used to create new objects that are instances of classes.

ClassInstanceCreationExpression:    new TypeArguments_opt TypeDeclSpecifier TypeArgumentsOrDiamond_opt                                                           ( ArgumentList_opt ) ClassBody_opt    Primary . new TypeArguments_opt Identifier TypeArgumentsOrDiamond_opt                                                           ( ArgumentList_opt ) ClassBody_optTypeArgumentsOrDiamond:    TypeArguments    <>ArgumentList:    Expression    ArgumentList , Expression

A class instance creation expression specifies a class to be instantiated, possibly followed by type arguments (§4.5.1) or a diamond (“<>”) if the class being ...