int array initialization

Question

I have here a simple question related to Java. Let\'s say you have an int array as instance variable:

int[] in = new int[5];

So, now by def

Answer 1

It is the same thing if you do :

int[] in = new int[5] as instance variable or local variable. The array object in will contain zeros in both cases.

Difference would be if you would do something like :

1. Instance variable : int[] in; (it is initialized with null), and the in object will live in heap space.

2. Local variable : int[] in; (it has to be initialized by the user) will live in stack