how to initialize base class variable without creating object for that?

[kaka]

class A{
protected int i;
}
class B extends A{
}
class C extends B{

-------------------//howto initialize i=10;

}

[JosAH]

class A{
protected int i;
}
class B extends A{
}
class C extends B{

-------------------//howto initialize i=10;

}

If you're not creating any objects you can't initialize any 'i' (it belongs to an object) but if you're instantiating a new object C you can initialize member variable 'i' in C's constructor.

kind regards,

Jos

[Zack]

It's worth noting that if you want a variable to exist without a base object, you may want to use static variables.

More on those here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tu...variables.html

[Tolls]

If you're not creating any objects you can't initialize any 'i' (it belongs to an object) but if you're instantiating a new object C you can initialize member variable 'i' in C's constructor.

kind regards,

Jos

Though I would have made 'i' private, and used a constructor in A which takes a value for 'i'.