EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA和DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA两个空数组的区别

EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA和DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA两个都是ArrayList的成员变量，并且都被声明为static final;更为核心的是，这两个都是空数组，那么问题来了，为什么要这样去规范呢？

对于这类问题，直接看：

    /**
     * Constructs an empty list with the specified initial capacity.
     *
     * @param  initialCapacity  the initial capacity of the list
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified initial capacity
     *         is negative
     */
    public ArrayList(int initialCapacity) {
        if (initialCapacity > 0) {
            this.elementData = new Object[initialCapacity];
        } else if (initialCapacity == 0) {
            this.elementData = EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA;
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Capacity: "+
                                               initialCapacity);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an empty list with an initial capacity of ten.
     */
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