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StaticVariableInitialization

java/java-impl/resources/inspectionDescriptions/StaticVariableInitialization.html

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Reports static variables that may be uninitialized upon class initialization.

Example:

class Foo {
    public static int bar;

    static { }
  }

Note that this inspection uses a very conservative dataflow algorithm and may incorrectly report static variables as uninitialized. Variables reported as initialized will always be initialized.

Use the Ignore primitive fields option to ignore uninitialized primitive fields.