Chapter 3. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)
Rules
Risk Assessment Summary
DCL00-J. Prevent class initialization cycles
According to the Java Language Specification (JLS), §12.4, “Initialization of Classes and Interfaces” [JLS 2005]:
Initialization of a class consists of executing its static initializers and the initializers for static fields (class variables) declared in the class.
In other words, the presence of a static field triggers the initialization of a class. However, a static field could also depend on the initialization of another ...
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