Is there a functionality in Java similar to C#'s anonymous types?

Question

I was wondering if there exists a similar functionality in Java similar to C#\'s anonymous types:

var a = new {Count = 5, Message = \"A string.\"};

Answer 1

No. There is no equivalent. There is no typeless variable declaration (var) in Java that the Java compiler could fill in with the auto-generated type name to allow a.Count and a.Message to be accessed.