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I use this type of construct often.
response = new LocationResponse (); response.LocationDetails = new LocationDetail[4]; response.LocationDetails[0] = new LocationDetail(); response.LocationDetails[0].site = 'ABCDE'; ... The piece I don’t fully understand is this piece:
response.LocationDetails[0] = new LocationDetail();
Why does each individual element of the array have to be instantiated?
If you leave it out, you get undefined exceptions.
Well if an array elements were automatically instantiated, you would be locked into which classes you defined the array with. You wouldn’t be able to use arrays of abstract classes or interfaces or any object which doesn’t have a default constructor. This is just naming a few problems with automatically instantiating objects in an array.