Initialization blocks...

[sonia jaswal]

Given:

class Bird {
{ System.out.print("bl "); }
public Bird() { System.out.print("b2 "); }
}
class Raptor extends Bird {
static { System.out.print("r1 "); }
public Raptor() { System.out.print("r2 "); }
{ System.out.print("r3 "); }
static { System.out.print("r4 "); }
}
class Hawk extends Raptor {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("pre ");
new Hawk();
System.out.println("hawk ");
}
}

Output:

r1 r4 pre b1 b2 r3 r2 hawk

//Shouldn't the ouput of the code be r2 first and then r3....

[Satya Maheshwari]

Since Instance initializer blocks are executed prior to constructors, 'r3' is printd before 'r2'

[sonia jaswal]

thanks for the reply....

[Hamraj Kulshreshtha]

Since the instance init blocks run right after the call to super() in
a constructor,so r3 will be printed first and then r2.

And if more than one init blocks(Static or Instance) occurs in a class they run in the same order as they are defined i.e. from top to down.

Regards,
Hamraj

[Bert Bates]

Hi Sonia,

It's great to post mock exam questions on this forum for discussion purposes, so please carry on! However, in respect to all authors of mock exam questions, please indicate in your posts where each question came from. (In this case this is one of my questions, so no need in this case - but in the future.)

Thanks,

Bert