How to initialize a Mat object with zeros

I want to create a Mat object initially initialized with zeros, and i want to avoid doing that using two nested for-loops. is there any alternative solution to the one posted below? **code**: this.mDest = new Mat(this.mMatEdges.rows(), this.mMatEdges.cols(), CvType.CV_8U); for (int i = 0; i < this.mMatEdges.size().height; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < this.mMatEdges.size().width; j++) { this.mDest.put(i, j, 0); } }