What does Static {} mean in the Java Syntax?

Question

I came across this Java code:

static {
    String aux = \"value\";
    try {
        // some code here
    } catch (Exception e) { }
    String UUID_prefix =         


        

Answer 1

This syntax has been outdated as of Java 7. Now the equivalent is:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    /*
      stuff
    */
}