Why, using same String name variable in every class gives the name null except the last child class ( cinematographer)?

Question

public class Filmmaker
{
String name;
public void direct()
{
System.out.println(" Director " +name+ " is Directing A Clockwork Orange \n");
}

public void write()
{
System.out.println(" writer " +name+ " Is writing The Royal Tenenbaums \n");
}

public void produce()
{
System.out.println(" Director " +name+ " produced his own films \n");
}
}

public class Composer extends Filmmaker
{
String name;
public void compose()
{
System.out.println(" Legend " + name+ " is composing Love theme from Cinema Paradiso \n");
}
}

public class Cinematographer extends Composer
{
String name;
public void visualise()
{
System.out.println(" Legend " +name+ " is filming Y tu Mama Tambien \n");
}
}

public class Legends extends Cinematographer
{
public static void main(String[] args){
Legends l=new Legends();
l.name=" Stanley Kubrick ";
l.direct();
l.name=" Wes Anderson ";
l.write();
l.name=" Stanley Kubrick ";
}
}

Answer 1

In your program,
l.name assignment assigns only it's super class Cinematographer class variable name only..
All other in Filmmaker class names are still unassigned so will give null value only...

Answer 2

It is assigned. See the filmmaker class i have assigned String name.

Answer 3

Which line?
You can post your code by copying in code playground and share,, that helps to identify errors easily...

Edit:
String name; is declaration only.. Not assigned so value null only...
name="john" ; is assignment.

Answer 4

Let name declaration only in Filmmaker, delete declarations in other classes
public class Filmmaker
{
String name;