java method that returns generic type of items

    public static <T extends Object> List<T> asList(T... args) {
        List<T> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
            list.add(args[i]);
        }
        return list;
    }

public static ArrayList asList(T... a) {
ArrayList arrLt = new ArrayList<>();
for(T t : a) {
arrLt.add(t);
}
return arrLt;
}