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Re: trigger static init

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From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: trigger static init
Date	Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
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Jukka Lahtinen wrote:
> Roedy Green writes:
>> What is the canonical way to explicitly trigger a static class to load
>> and run thestatic init without actually invoking a real method?
> 
> I suggest Class.forName(String classname), if you just want to avoid
> invoking a method of the class to be loaded and don't mind invoking
> one of the Class class.
> 
> If you insist on not invoking any method of *any* class and thus don't
> want to use Class.forName, you can refer to some public static attribute
> of the class.

Bear in mind that the 'class' literal does not apply here. Referencing the 'class' literal does not incur class initialization.

-- 
Lew

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trigger static init Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-08 23:28 -0700
  Re: trigger static init Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-04-09 10:32 +0300
    Re: trigger static init Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-09 06:09 -0700
      Re: trigger static init markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-09 09:19 -0700
      Re: trigger static init Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-09 10:33 -0700
    Re: trigger static init Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-09 10:36 -0700
      Re: trigger static init Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-04-11 12:52 +0000
        Re: trigger static init Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-04-11 07:04 -0700
          Re: trigger static init Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-04-11 15:30 +0000
            Re: trigger static init Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-04-11 09:32 -0700
              Re: trigger static init Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-04-22 16:09 +0000
          Re: trigger static init Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid> - 2012-04-12 07:38 +0100
            Re: trigger static init Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-04-12 00:36 -0700
        Re: trigger static init Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-04-11 09:39 -0500
          Re: trigger static init Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-04-11 14:56 +0000
          Re: trigger static init Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-04-11 08:08 -0700
  Re: trigger static init glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-04-09 09:18 +0000
    Re: trigger static init Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-09 04:57 -0700
    Re: trigger static init Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-09 10:31 -0700
  Re: trigger static init Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-10 12:22 -0700

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