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Bug 74800

Summary:	[ED-31] Warning about not initialized fields and variables
Product:	java	Reporter:	jrojcek <jrojcek>
Component:	Hints	Assignee:	Svata Dedic <sdedic>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://ui.netbeans.org/nonav/usability/editor_Aug_25_05/report.html#ED31
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description jrojcek 2006-04-11 09:56:05 UTC

Finding	
Participant encountered null pointer exception because he didn't initialize ArrayList field. His code called a 
method on such uninitialized field.

Severity	
Participant had to run the application in order to get to this error which could be an unnecessary step.

Recommendation	
Warn the user about unitialized variables in the source code.

Comment 1 Jiri Prox 2008-04-11 00:52:17 UTC

moving opened issues from TM <= 6.1 to TM=Dev