Beginner Question: static construct

[Sathyaish]

Sorry, I haven't been reading any book on Java lately for paucity of
time. Please educate me on this simple issue. What's this construct?

static
{
/* some code */
}


What's it called?

What does it do? I can guess that it declares a section of code as
static, as in class specific rather than instance specific, but I am
not sure. Secondly, what is the implication of having such a construct?

 

[Daniel Pitts]

Sorry, I haven't been reading any book on Java lately for paucity of
time. Please educate me on this simple issue. What's this construct?

static
{
/* some code */

}

What's it called?

What does it do? I can guess that it declares a section of code as
static, as in class specific rather than instance specific, but I am
not sure. Secondly, what is the implication of having such a construct?

It lets you do things like this:
class MyStatics {
public static final int MY_VALUE;
static {
MY_VALUE = 3;
}
}

Its called static initializers, and what that means is that this is
code that is executed when the class is loaded.

Hope this helps,
Daniel.

 

[Sathyaish]

Thanks very much, Daniel.