why isEmpty() is true?

Question

When you make a new PezDispenser in REPL, and then call the isEmpty() function, why does it return true? 
We don't set the value of mPezCount when first constructing the dispenser, so that should have no value at all, right, not zero? 
I don't see why 
public boolean isEmpty(){
     return mPezCount == 0;
  } 
returns true. In life I can imagine it to be true, having no pez, but the above should have neither true or false as an answer
Is the field automatically set to zero when the dispenser is constructed?

miguelcastro2 · Accepted Answer

Class variables have default values:
"It's not always necessary to assign a value when a field is declared. Fields that are declared but not initialized will be set to a reasonable default by the compiler. Generally speaking, this default will be zero or null, depending on the data type. Relying on such default values, however, is generally considered bad programming style." (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html)

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