Array initialization syntax when not in a declaration

Question

I can write:

AClass[] array = {object1, object2}

I can also write:

AClass[] array = new AClass[2];
...
array[0] = object1;
         


        

Answer 1

Why is this blocked by Java?

You'd have to ask the Java designers. There might be some subtle grammatical reason for the restriction. Note that some of the array creation / initialization constructs were not in Java 1.0, and (IIRC) were added in Java 1.1.

But "why" is immaterial ... the restriction is there, and you have to live with it.

I know how to work around it, but from time to time it would be simpler.

You can write this:

AClass[] array;
...
array = new AClass[]{object1, object2};