Why does Eclipse require me to set (arbitrary) brackets in java code?

Question

I am currently trying to figure out how to use Eclipse to program Escape models in java. I am quite new to Escape and Eclipse, and it has been a while since I programmed in java

Answer 1

If you want to initialize the test and test2 variables you should do so at the point of declaration.

boolean test = true;
int test2 = 3;

The { and } you have added make an initializer block which avoids the error. It's a bit of an odd way to do things, so I'd always prefer to see variables initialized at the point of declaration if that's possible!