java - Array initialization syntax when not in a declaration -

i can write:

aclass[] array = {object1, object2} 

i can write:

aclass[] array = new aclass[2]; ... array[0] = object1; array[1] = object2; 

but can't write:

aclass[] array; ... array = {object1, object2}; 

why blocked java?

i know how work around it, time time simpler.

for example:

public void selectedpointstomove(cpvect coord) {      if (tab == null) {         if (arepointsclose(coord, point1, 10)) {             cpvect[] temptab = {point1};             tab = temptab;         } else if (arepointsclose(point2, coord, 10)) {             cpvect[] temptab = {point2};             tab = temptab;         } else {             cpvect[] temptab = {point1,point2};             tab = temptab;         }     } } 

_{this simple question has been bugging me since learned how play arrays in java.}

why blocked java?

you'd have ask java designers. there might subtle grammatical reason restriction. note of array creation / initialization constructs not in java 1.0, , (iirc) added in java 1.1.

but "why" immaterial ... restriction there, , have live it.

i know how work around it, time time simpler.

you can write this:

aclass[] array; ... array = new aclass[]{object1, object2};