Definitions for "Default Values"
Keywords:  msp, automatically, boolean, null, kit
Values that are supplied automatically by the system if the encoder of the finding aid does not specify an alternative value.
Values that are displayed and entered automatically.Used to save time at data entry.
Instance variables and class variables are automatically given initial values by Java if you don't specify initial values (numerical variables receive 0 or 0.0, boolean variables get false, and references get null). Local variables are not given default values. define In this context, it is a synonym for declare.