Char Array To List Not Working

Example code that works:

Java Code: List<String> list = Arrays.asList(strDays); mh_sh_highlight_all('java');

My code that doesn't work:

Java Code: List<char> list = Arrays.asList(userInputChars); mh_sh_highlight_all('java');

Error that I get:

Assignment6_2.java.java:45: error: unexpected type

List<char> list = Arrays.asList(userInputChars);
^
required: reference
found: char

1 error

The entire program (that works, except for the error above):

Java Code:

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;
class Assignment6_2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {

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