Re: trigger static init
glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
Roedy Green wrote:
What is the canonical way to explicitly trigger a static class to load
and run thestatic init without actually invoking a real method?
you can't necessarily use newInstance since the class may not
have constructors.
As far as I know, a class automatically has a no argument constructor,
even if you don't write one.
class myclass {
static int x;
}
He meant no *accessible* constructors.
If the constructor is not accessible, its existence is moot.
And Java coding conventions call for type names to have an initial upper-case letter and be in camel case: 'MyClass'.
compiles just fine, as does creating an object from it.
Do you have to invent some dummy static method?
Not that I know of.
The rules for class initialization are quite explicitly listed in the JLS, which document is eminently useful no matter how much one may affect to loathe it.
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-12.html#jls-12.4.2>
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