static constuctor calls?!

[camel]

Hello!

noob question but here I go!

when calling a static class for the second time does it use the constructor again or does it skip that?

[JosAH]

Hello!

noob question but here I go!

when calling a static class for the second time does it use the constructor again or does it skip that?

You don't 'call a class', you call (static) methods or constructors in a class or objects thereof. If you're talking about initialization code, yes, that code is only called once per class (static initialization) or per object (object initialization code).

kind regards,

Jos

[Hibernate]

To clarify static initialisation is:

When a static variable is declared and assigned a value at declaration.

And

static
{
     //static initialisation code (nothing else than just static in the head)
}

It is only run once (unless you unload the class, which you can do with jars).





A static class is a class declared within another class with a static modifier.
They behave exactly like outer classes.