Collection fields are unnecessarily initialized to "null"

[saberya]

GenerationConfig has a option of "isInitializeCollections",
if it is true,
the result is

private List<Foo> fooList = new ArrayList<>();

if it is false
the result is

private List<Foo> fooList = null;

How can i get the result

private List<Foo> fooList;

[unkish]

Hi

private List<Foo> fooList; is equally same as private List<Foo> fooList = null;

Please see JLS 4.12.5. Initial Values of Variables

For all reference types (§4.3), the default value is null.

[saberya]

@unkish
but

private List<Foo> fooList = null;

is not what i expect.
Beacuse the java Class with this kind of expression is not a good habit to definition a field.

[unkish]

I'm sorry but I don't understand why is that a problem or what kind of problem are you trying to solve

[saberya]

@unkish
I use this tool to generate original pojo in a project before developing,

private List<Foo> fooList = null;

this kind of code is not friendly

[unkish]

At present it's not possible to get the described result without either:

• making changes to generator
• overriding DefaultRule with custom one

[joelittlejohn]

Not sure when this began happening, but I agree it would be nice to remove it. It's annoying noise.

Feel free to submit a PR for this.

[joelittlejohn]

Closed by #1347