In what order do static/instance initializer blocks in Java run?

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See section 12.4 and 12.5 of the JLS version 8, they go into gory detail about all of this (12.4 for static and 12.5 for instance variables).

For static initialization (section 12.4):

A class or interface type T will be initialized immediately before the first occurrence of any one of the following:

  • T is a class and an instance of T is created.
  • T is a class and a static method declared by T is invoked.
  • A static field declared by T is assigned.
  • A static field declared by T is used and the field is not a constant variable (§4.12.4).
  • T is a top level class (§7.6), and an assert statement (§14.10) lexically nested within T (§8.1.3) is executed.

(and several weasel-word clauses)

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