which comes first?

[Maria Garcia]

What should be the sequence of execution of the following?
constructors
static initializers
static expressions
instance initializers
instance expressions

[Valentin Crettaz]

You can find detailed explanations on the class initialization procedure in JLS 12.4 Initialization of Classes and Interfaces

[Bharat Keskar]

the order is
1)static initializers/expressions in the order they appear
2)instance initializers/expressions in the order they appear
3)constructor

bharat

[Barkat Mardhani]

this is good if you have no class hierarchy. But if you have super class: (assuming you are creating an object of sub class)
1)static initializers/expressions in the order they appear of the super class
2)static initializers/expressions in the order
they appear of the sub class
3)instance initializers/expressions in the order they appear of the super class
4)constructor of super class
5)instance initializers/expressions in the order
they appear of the sub class
6)constructor of sub class