Object references that are not initialized

[RaviNada Kiran]

Hi Ranchers ,
I am confused here

Is this true ?

Object references that are not initialized
explicitly will have their value set to null always

[Campbell Ritchie]

Yes, but only if they are fields; if they are local variables they may cause a compiler error.

[RaviNada Kiran]

Thanks

[Campbell Ritchie]

You're welcome

[Clyde DeSouza]

Yes, but only if they are fields;

Ritchie fields are always initialised to Zero value if not initialized,not Null!

[Rob Spoor]

Joywish Man wrote:

Yes, but only if they are fields;

Ritchie fields are always initialised to Zero value if not initialized,not Null!

We're talking about object references, not numeric primitives. Zero is not a valid value for an obect reference.