K&B Ch3 Self Test Que 14: need more clarification

class Bird {
{ System.out.print("bl "); }
public Bird() { System.out.print("b2 "); }
}
class Raptor extends Bird {
static { System.out.print("r1 "); }
public Raptor() { System.out.print("r2 "); }
{ System.out.print("r3 "); }
static { System.out.print("r4 "); }
}
class Hawk extends Raptor {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("pre ");
new Hawk();
System.out.println("hawk ");
}
}

I expected :
pre r1 r4 pre bl b2 r3 r2 hawk

but output is
r1 r4 pre bl b2 r3 r2 hawk

why it does not print the first SOP?

Because,
1. Parent class is loaded before the child class.
2. When a class is loaded static-blocks are executed first + static variables are initialized to defaults + instance variables are set to their default values.
3. Constructor of parent class is first executed before the execution of the child class constructor.

We can split these as three cases :

First case ::
class Bird {
{ System.out.print("bl "); }
public Bird() { System.out.print("b2 "); }
}
class Raptor extends Bird {
static { System.out.print("r1 "); }
public Raptor() { System.out.print("r2 "); }
{ System.out.print("r3 "); }
static { System.out.print("r4 "); }
}
class Hawk extends Raptor
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("pre ");
System.out.println("hawk ");
}
}

OutPut
r1 r4 pre hawk

Second Case:::

class Bird {
{
System.out.print("bl ");
}
public Bird() { System.out.print("b2 "); }
}
class Raptor extends Bird {
static {
System.out.print("r1 ");
}
public Raptor() { System.out.print("r2 "); }
{ System.out.print("r3 "); }
static { System.out.print("r4 "); }
}
class Hawk extends Raptor
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("pre ");
new Hawk();
System.out.println("hawk ");
}
}

output ::
r1 r4 pre bl b2 r3 r2 hawk

Third case :::

class Bird {
{
System.out.print("bl ");
}
public Bird() { System.out.print("b2 "); }
}
class Raptor extends Bird {
static {
System.out.print("r1 ");
}
public Raptor() { System.out.print("r2 "); }
{ System.out.print("r3 "); }
static { System.out.print("r4 "); }
}
class Hawk
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("pre ");
new Raptor ();
System.out.println("hawk ");
}
}

Output :::

pre r1 r4 bl b2 r3 r2 hawk

The static block of code is called,
when the classes are loaded,
in the same order as they appear in the source code

The code

is called, initializer block (without the static keyword)

The Java compiler copies initializer blocks into every constructor.
Thus it becomes part of constructor, called only when a Object is created,
and not when a class is loaded.

Please refer to the following link for more clarification
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/initial.html

Hi ranchers,

could you use code tags for propper indentation please? Just as Deepak did?

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Yours,
Bu.