Statement surrounded by static { ... statement; } why, what for?

Asked Sep 08 '14 at 19:16

Active Sep 08 '14 at 19:18

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For example I have following class

public class AnyClassName {

    static {

        AnyMethodCall(anyParameters, ..., ...);
    }

    body of class ...

}

The question is what is the reason of surrounding the method: AnyMethodCall(anyParameters, ..., ...) with static { ... } ?

edited Sep 08 '14 at 19:18

Pshemo

asked Sep 08 '14 at 19:16

Renat Gatin

That is a [static initializer block](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2420389/static-initialization-blocks) which allows to initialize static fields like some Map. – Joop Eggen Sep 08 '14 at 19:22
Thank you, now I understood, it calls static initializer block, and its purpose is that statements inside static are executed only once! Thanks! ) – Renat Gatin Sep 08 '14 at 19:48

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