The local variable might not have been initialized - Detect unchecked exception throw within a method

Question

I have some code with this structure:

public void method() {
    Object o;
    try {
        o = new Object();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        //Processi         


        

Answer 1

Initialize your object: Object o = null;, however watch out for the NullPointerExceptions that might be thrown when you give it to the method calls.

Answer 2

Just put the doSomething(o) inside the try { } block:

public void method() {
    Object o;
    try {
        o = new Object();
        doSomething(o);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        handleError();
    }

}

You perhaps dont want to execute doSomething() if the creation of your Object fails!

Answer 3

Instance variable is the Object type so you should initialize value "null"

public void method() {
Object o=null;
try {
    o = new Object();
} catch (Exception e) {
    handleError();
}
doSomething(o); 
}

Answer 4

Since o is getting initialized within the try block and initializing o might throw an exception, java thinks that doSomething(o) statement might reach without o being initialized. So java wants o to be initialized incase new Object() throws exception.

So initializing o with null will fix the issue

public void method() {
    Object o = null;
    try {
        o = new Object(); //--> If new Object() throws exception then o remains uninitialized
    } catch (Exception e) {
        handleError();
    }
    if(o != null)
      doSomething(o);
}

Answer 5

You need to initialize local variables before they are used as below

public void method() {
    Object o=null;
    try {
        o = new Object();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        handleError();
    }
   doSomething(o); 
}

You will not get the compilation failure until you use local variable which was not initialized