Static block in Java not executed

Question

class Test {
    public static void main(String arg[]) {    
        System.out.println("**MAIN METHOD");
        System.out.println(Mno.VAL); // SOP(9090)         


        

Answer 1

As far as I know, it will be executed in order of appearance. For instance :

 public class Statique {
     public static final String value1 = init1();

     static {
         System.out.println("trace middle");
     }
     public static final String value2 = init2();


     public static String init1() {
         System.out.println("trace init1");
         return "1";
     }
     public static String init2() {
         System.out.println("trace init2");
         return "2";
     }
 }

will print

  trace init1
  trace middle
  trace init2

I just tested it and the statics are initialized (=> print) when the class "Statique" is actually used and "executed" in another piece of code (my case I did "new Statique()".