See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/pull/45165 and the comment from @nosan

I am wondering if this could be addressed by using a Checkstyle rule such as ExplicitInitialization to enforce avoiding explicit initialization of primitives with their default values.

Comment From: philwebb

We discussed this and we'd like to add the rule at some point.

Comment From: CatiaCorreia

Hi @philwebb. I would like to work on this issue. Could you assign it to me?