Static block is not executing in JDK 7, “Main method not found”, but works in JDK 1.5

Question

I have written a simple class with one static block

class Hello
{

  static {
           System.out.println(\"Hello\");
       System.exit(0);
     }
}
         


        

Answer 1

Java 7 looks for a main method before loading the class. This is a behavior change from previous java versions and hence your static block is not executing. In previous versions, the behavior was that JRE used to look for main method post loading the class and after executing the static blocks.