Re: How to solve the error "The local variable may not have been
instantiated"?
Hi,
Shawn schrieb:
Ingo R. Homann wrote:
Hi Shawn,
Shawn wrote:
Hi,
I found an error very annoying. I am hoping someone can give me some
suggestion.
public MyClass getMyClass
{
MyClass myClass = null;
^^^^^^^
If you do not forget this assignment, it works perfectly!
> I don't understand why
I cannot pass with the first code.
Well, it can!
Thank you for your help. I didn't forget "= null;". My program still
doesn't work. This is what I saw. If you insist, maybe it has to do with
settings of compiler. I know regards to warnings, user can make
selections so that somethings are considered as warnings, some not.
I think not. If you've assigned at least null to your variable, the
compiler should not warn you. Strange, indeed.
> ...can be done even simpler:
>
> public MyClass getMyClass
> {
> if (....) //user clicks the button
> {
> return new MyClass(..); //myClass object created here
> }
> else //user clicks the Cancel button
> {
> System.out.println("User has cancelled the command");
> return null;
> }
> }
This won't work for me. I simplified my program in the posting. In my
real program, after myClass object was created, the object was used
several times. So it cannot be inside the if block:
return new MyClass(..); //myClass object created here
Maybe try to use something like this:
public MyClass getMyClass() {
//.. some code ..
if (...) {
MyClass myClass = new MyClass(...);
// .. more code, that uses myClass
return myClass;
}
// user cancel
System.out.println("User has cancelled the command");
return null;
}
Looks quite similar to your working solution ;)
Why don't you want two returns?
Tobi
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