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Static field used before initialization

Reports static variables that are read before initialization.

The inspection ignores equality checks with null.

Example:

class Foo { public static int bar; public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(bar); } }

Note that this inspection uses a very conservative dataflow algorithm and may incorrectly report static variables as uninitialized. Variables reported as initialized will always be initialized.

Use the Ignore primitive fields option to ignore uninitialized primitive fields.

Inspection options

Option

Type

Default

Ignore primitive fields

Checkbox

false

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023