android - View.SurfaceView, why its member, mSurfaceHolder, returns null from getSurface()?

I am studying Android Game Development these days. I come across a problem about SurfaceView\SurfaceHolder. When I read the source code of View/SurfaceView.java in android sdk 22, I am confused. following is the code:

public class SurfaceView extends MockView {
    ...    
    public SurfaceHolder getHolder() {
        return mSurfaceHolder;
    }


    private SurfaceHolder mSurfaceHolder = new SurfaceHolder() {
        ...

        @Override
        public Surface getSurface() { return null; }
        @Override
        public Canvas lockCanvas() { return null; }
        ...

    }

}

I know, mSurfaceHolder.getSurface()\lockCanvas are very important, but it returns null! So, I think this mSurfaceHolder may be dealt with some other steps. But I have learned an example about SurfaceView, but I didn't figout out any special steps to deal with mSurfaceHolder, the example's code is as following:

public class SurfaceViewTest extends Activity {

    String TAG = "SurfaceViewTest";

    FastRenderView surfaceView = null;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //setContentView(R.layout.activity_surface_view_test);
        surfaceView = new FastRenderView(this);
        setContentView(surfaceView);
    }


    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        surfaceView.doResume();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is  
        // present.

        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_surface_view_test, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();


        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    /**

     * customized surfaceview class
     */
    public class FastRenderView extends SurfaceView implements Runnable {

        boolean running = false;
        SurfaceHolder holder = null;
        Thread thread = null;

        public FastRenderView(Context context) {
            super(context);

            // holder
            // getHolder() returns a SurfaceHolder implementation, it
            // isn't null, but it contains nothing.
            holder = getHolder();
            if (holder == null)
                Log.e(TAG, "failed to get valid holder");

        }

        public void doResume() {

            thread = new Thread(this);
            thread.start();
            running = true;
        }

        public Random rand = new Random();
        @Override
        public void run() {
            while (running) {
                // from android sdk 22, SurfaceView.java, we can see, this

                // holder's getSurface() returns null.
                // but why? it returns null, so here it an exception 
                // should be thrown out!
                if (!holder.getSurface().isValid()) {
                    continue;
                }

                Canvas canvas = holder.lockCanvas();
                if (canvas == null) {
                    Log.e(TAG, "get an invalid canvas to draw");

                    continue;
                }
                canvas.drawRGB(
                    rand.nextInt(255), 
                    rand.nextInt(255), 
                    rand.nextInt(255));
                holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);

                // sleep
                try {

                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                }
                catch(Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            Log.i(TAG, "running ...");
        }

        public void doPause() {


            running = false;
            while (true) {
                try {
                    thread.join();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }

    }
}

Thanks in advance!