How to call static block without creating initiating a class

[Bk Jacky]

Hi Rancher,

I have some classes with static blocks(having some variables in side).I want to initiate variables inside static block without creating object of that particular class. I know that i have to load a class in the memory but how?

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

There are several ways to load a class without creating an instance of the class. One simple, direct method is this:

Class.forName("com.the.ClassName");

Just calling the static "forName()" method in java.lang.Class, passing the class's name as a String, will load that class for you.