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c#classinitializationinternal

Initializing a variable that will hold an internal class

I have a class called CollsionForm that is an XML class definition. When I try to intialize a variable:

CollisionForm collision;

and reference it later in the method like this:

return collision;

I get an error that it may not be initialized first.

How do I initialize the variable collisionform like I would if I did: String str = new String.empty ?

I tried CollisionForm collision = new CollisionForm; But that gives the error:

Cannot Access Internal Constructor 'CollisionForm' here.

Solution

  • Just set it equal to null:

    CollisionForm collision = null;

    Make sure the returning code accepts null as a valid return value of course. The compiler just wants to make sure some value is assigned to the variable before using it.