8.2. Initializers
Initializers can be employed for initialization of fields in objects and classes, resulting in the fields being assigned initial values. These initializers are
field initializer expressions
static initializer blocks
instance initializer blocks
The rest of this section provides details on these initializers, concluding with a discussion on the phases involved in constructing the state of an object, when the object is created by using the new operator.
Field Initializer Expressions
Initialization of fields can be explicitly specified in field declaration statements using initializer expressions. The value of the initializer expression must be assignment compatible to the declared field (see Section 3.4, p. 47 and Section 6.6, p. ...
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