Java Development

[ingvar_e]

In the sample on persistentstorage the following piece of code exists. Its not a class or a function?

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   static
    {
      store = PersistentStore.getPersistentObject(0xdec6a67096f833cL);
      synchronized (store)
       {
         if (store.getContents() == null)
          {
            store.setContents(new Vector());
            store.commit();
          }
       }
      _data = new Vector();
      _data = (Vector) store.getContents();
    }

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when and why is it executed?

[peter_strange · Accepted solution]

Google:

java static initializer

[ingvar_e]

Excellent!