Initialise a array of JTextFields

Question

I need to access an array of JTextfeilds publically because I need to reference it within a different method. But the problem is that I can only initialise it later because it depends on user input.
How can I set it up publically but initialise the size later.
for example
constructor:
public JTextField text[] = null;
public main method()
initialise(int R)
public void initialise(int p)
text[] = new JTextField[p];
}

Answer 1

public class BrokenDesign
  public JTextField[] fields;
  public BrokenDesign()
    fields = new JTextField[0];
  public void onUserInputInitialiseXJTextFields(int x)
    fields = new JTextField[x];
    for (int k = 0; k < x; k++) {
      fields[k] = new JTextField();
}