In what order do static/instance initializer blocks in Java run?

Question

Say a project contains several classes, each of which has a static initializer block. In what order do those blocks run? I know that within a class, such blocks are run in

Answer 1

You can have multiple static and instance initializers in the same class, therefore

• Static initializers are called in the textual order they are declared (from 12.4.2)
• Instance initializers are called in the textual order they are declared (from 12.5)

Each is executed as if it was a single block.