debuging a static block

[sameera liyanage]

when i am tring to debug a class which contain a static block it doesn't going to static block?
why is that?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Don't know. Please show us the details of your static block.

[sameera liyanage]

there is some problem with showing the code,
anyway i need to know when we doing debuging is it going t the static blocks niormally?

[David Newton]

Are you saying that the static block executes when not debugging, but doesn't when debugging?

[Ilya Kalujny]

aruna sameera wrote:when i am tring to debug a class which contain a static block it doesn't going to static block?
why is that?

AFAIK, static block is executed when class is first loaded by class loader. Silly suggestion: you have break-point set when this happens?

[syruss kumar]

you are right the control will go inside the static block normally while we debug the code.Jus try this.

 public class TestStatic {
	static{
		System.out.println("Inside static block");
	}

	public void test() throws Exception {
		System.out.println("in side TEst");
		
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		new TestStatic().test();
	}
}
  

1.Just put a break point in side the static block and inside test().The control will stay in static block.
2.Then remove the break point from static block and try.the control will stay in test() by printing "Inside static block" .
because the class loader executes static block while the class is created .

[sameera liyanage]

Thanks syruss kumar .