static block

[Arijit Kundu]

Hi ,
I found this ques in the ibm certification tool
would like to know what u think the correct answer would be
public class Xxx
{
static String s ="AAA";
static
{
s = (s + "BBB");
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("s = " + s);
static
{
s = (s + "CCC");
}
}
}
a) s = AAA is displayed

b) s = BBB is displayed

c) s = AAABBBCCC is displayed

d) lines 3 and 6 produce a compiler error
i think the ans is d)
as a static block will get executed only once at class load time
and as strings are immutable objects you cannot initialise like this .
ANy suggestions / correct explanations ?
Thanks
Arijit

[Anonymous]

The answer is C
Lets see,
Now the first a String opbject s i s made which ahs a vlue AAA.
In the next static block you are actually re-initializing the String object when you say :
[b]
s = (s + "BBB");
[\b]
Remember that each time time we concatenate a new String object is created and hence when we assign it to the same String object the value is re-initialized. Thus the answer is AAABBBCCC.
Hope this helps.

[Indu mathy]

public class Xxx
{
static String s ="AAA";
static
{
s = (s + "BBB");
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("s = " + s);
static
{
s = (s + "CCC");
}
}
}
in the above program the public static void main should be closed by } then static block should be given.
i hope since String s is static the s gets re_initialized
so if we give second static block after public static void main
we get the o/p of s as
AAABBBCCC

[Arijit Kundu]

thanks lionel ,
i got it
bye
Arijit

[Arijit Kundu]

thanks indu ,
u r right in pointing out the typo .
thanks for ur help
bye
Arijit

[Sunita]

Hi
I got one basic doubt.Can we use the method name as static.
I think static is a reserved word.
Any one of u please help me.....
Rgds
Sunita

[Carl Trusiak]

Originally posted by Sunita:
Hi
I got one basic doubt.Can we use the method name as static.
I think static is a reserved word.
Any one of u please help me.....
Rgds
Sunita

static is a reserved word, what is defined here is a 'static code block' not a method. It is run once and only once on initial class load, you can't run it again like you can a method. It can be used to do initalization of static variables when you need to do complex operations to intialize them. For example, you can use a static code block to read in a properties file when your class is loaded.