title: Why should I take List<> instead of array in JSON deserialization ?
body: <p>First of all let me tell you one thing that I am posting this question is just for eagerness and to increase my knowledge. Hope you can clear my doubts !</p>
  
  <p>Now lets come to the point </p>
  
  <p>I got this question from my previous <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/9173811/1162201">question-answer</a></p>
  
  <p>Actually the problem is if I use </p>
  
  <pre><code>List&lt;oodleListings&gt; listings;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>instead of </p>
  
  <pre><code>oodleListings[] listings;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It works fine !! I can deserialize my json string easily.</p>
  
  <p>Now the problem is why array is not supported while deserializing json ?</p>
  
  <p><strong>What is the actual reason to use <code>List</code> instead of <code>array</code> ?</strong></p>