class level access

[Ravee Bhat]

  
class Sample{
{
Vector aVector = new Vector ();
}
public void aMethod (){
System.out.println ("printing vector "+ aVector);
}
}

I know having the flower brackets around vector declaration does'nt make any sense.(or does it?! in some particular case!!). Anyway the aVector is not visible inside aMethod. How does one describe this behaviour?

[Barry Gaunt]

In this

{
    Vector aVector = new Vector ();
}

is a member initialization block and any variables (aVector)declared inside it are not visible after the block is exited.
In this:

Vector aVector;
{
    aVector = new Vector ();
}

The effect of the member initialization block is to initialize the member variable aVector, and its effects are visible after the block is exited.
[ March 29, 2003: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]
[ March 29, 2003: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]