Consider the following partial code for some Java class: public class Person
{
public static final int MAX_PEOPLE;

public Person()
{

/* ... rest of class continues here... */

Assume the remainder of the class is defined correctly. What, if anything, is the biggest problem with this portion of code?

Question

Consider the following partial code for some Java class: public class Person
{
  public static final int MAX_PEOPLE;  
  
  public Person()
  {
  
  /* ... rest of class continues here... */
  
 Assume the remainder of the class is defined correctly. What, if anything, is the biggest problem with this portion of code?

Answer

A field cannot be both static and final.

Answer

The variable MAX_PEOPLE should be initialised at the same time it is declared.

Answer

There is nothing that will cause a syntax error in the code, however, convention dictates that the  MAX_PEOPLE  variable name should be written in camel case (i.e.,  maxPeople ).

Answer

There is nothing visibly wrong with the code, syntactically or otherwise.

Answer

The access modifier for maxPeople should be private, not public.

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