/**
* Show static initializers. These are run when the class is loaded.
* If you run the main program here, you will see the static
* initializer before the "About to load class", since the class
* is loaded before main gets run. If you copy the guts of main into
* another class, the messages will come out in the "expected" order.
*
* @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
* @version $Id: StaticIniDemo.java,v 1.5 2004/02/09 03:33:54 ian Exp $
*/
public class StaticIniDemo {
/** A static initializer - called when class is loaded. */
static {
System.out.println("In static initializer");
}
/** A constructor -- called when object is instantiated. */
public StaticIniDemo() {
System.out.println("In Constructor");
}
public static void main(String[] a) {
try {
System.err.println("About to load class");
Class c = Class.forName("StaticIniDemo");
System.err.println("About to construct instance");
Object sd = c.newInstance();
System.err.println("Object is " + sd);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
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