The local variables in a method get the default values if they are not explicitly assigned values.

Yes, that's correct. In Java, local variables are not automatically initialized with default values like instance variables are. Therefore, if a local variable is not explicitly assigned a value before it is used, it will contain the default value for its data type. For example, if the variable is of type int, it will have a default value of 0. If it is of type boolean, it will have a default value of false. If it is of a reference type, such as a String, it will have a default value of null.