Will Java private fields have garbage values without initialization? If I only define a class, without creating an instance of it, will their fields have default values?
public class PokedexAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<PokedexAdapter.PokedexViewHolder> {
public static class PokedexViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
private LinearLayout containerView;
private TextView textView;
PokedexViewHolder(View view) {
}
}
}
Asking VoiceGPT and it gave up.
>Solution :
No, Java private fields will not have garbage values without initialization.
Like Old Dog Programmer said:
No. Primitive fields will have default values of 0, 0.0, or false.
Object variables will have default value of null. Visibility won’t
make a difference.
However, it’s a good practice to explicitly initialize private fields to appropriate values to avoid any confusion or unintended behavior in your code.