{"id":10087,"date":"2024-03-14T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-default-value-of-a-boolean-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:02:20","slug":"what-is-the-default-value-of-a-boolean-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-default-value-of-a-boolean-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Boolean Default Value: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, the default value for the primitive data type boolean is false. This means that if you declare an instance variable of type boolean (class member variable), but do not explicitly initialize it, the variable will automatically be assigned false as the default value. 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