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When I run the code, the output is 3.
Which x is incremented in main & myMethod? x in static block or static x? But going from the answer to question, it seems static x is incremented !!!

Can anybody explain what is going inside code please!?!
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public class Sta {
static {int x =5;}
static int x,y;
public static void main(String[] args) {
x--;
myMethod();
System.out.println(x + y + ++x);
}
public static void myMethod() {
y = x++ + ++x;
}
}

1) static { int x = 5; } --> is valid only with in the;Out of the block you can't access.

2) static int x; is the one which you are modifying.
2.1) x--; // Now x is -1
2.2) y = x++ + ++x; // Now y= -1 + 1;So y=0. and x=1
2.3)System.out.println(x + y + ++x); // 1 + 0 + 2 --> 3
 
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static {int x =5;}



This is local to the static block and is never used. So it is the other x that is used by your application
 
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Can't we use static block x anywhere?
Then what is the purpose of define such one?
 
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Hi,

Given>
Class.forName("package.OracleDriver");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("url",user,pass);

How DriverManager knows that OracleDriver is there?
In its static block OracleDriver, will get registered with DriverManager.

One of my friends told me. Correct me if i am wrong.
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that's great!!! Thank you very much Srini & John.
 
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How DriverManager knows that OracleDriver is there?
In its static block OracleDriver, will get registered with DriverManager.



The driver is loaded and registered with Class.forName() and the example can be confusing to some one taking a SCJP. I dont think this has anything to do with static blocks.

Can't we use static block x anywhere?
Then what is the purpose of define such one?



Use the static block when you want to initialize something once, when any instance of this class is loaded or used. For example, you want to calculate a number only once and make it public static. After that your class instances can use this number. You can use it under such circumstances. The variable x in the static block is not useful here.
 
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Hi John,

The driver is loaded and registered with Class.forName() and the example can be confusing to some one taking a SCJP. I dont think this has anything to do with static blocks.



I have a given a real world example. I really don't understand why you said
I dont think this has anything to do with static blocks.

Please explain me.
 
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I dont think this has anything to do with static blocks.



My humble apologies. That sentence sounds quite wrong. In the context of the SCJP, concepts of JDBC could be a bit hard to understand if the person has never connected to a database using JDBC. You are right in the fact that the static block is used to register the driver. More specifically the DriverManager.registerDriver() method is used from the block after an instance of the driver is instantiated. Sorry
 
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