Java: When is a static initialization block useful?

Question

What\'s the difference between initialization within a static block:

public class staticTest {

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Answer 1

Technically, you could get away without it. Some prefer multiline initialisation code to go into a static method. I'm quite happy using a static initialiser for relatively simple multistatement initialisation.

Of course, I'd almost always make my statics final and point to an unmodifiable object.