Need quick help for the below code snippet

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      try
        {
            
            comments = commentRepository.getAllComments(postId , loggedInUserId);
            replies = replyRepository.getAllReplies(postId , loggedInUserId);
            
        }catch(Exception e) {
            
            comments = List.of();
            replies = List.of();
        }
        
        

        List<CommentReplyDto> commentReplies = comments.stream()
                .map(c -> 
                        new CommentReplyDto
                        (c , replies.stream().
                             filter(r -> r.commentId().equals(c.commentId()))
                             .toList())).toList();

i am getting error local variable replies defined in an enclosing scope must be final or effectively final , why though ?

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[woeful saddle]

have declared them before the try catch block

List<CommentSnippet> comments; 
List<ReplySnippet> replies;

[chrome shell]

please fix your formatting :)

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33799800/java-local-variable-mi-defined-in-an-enclosing-scope-must-be-final-or-effective

Does this help?

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Thanks