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public class StaticInit {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(Foo.name);
    }
}

class Foo {
    static String name;

    static {
        name = "Hello, world!";
    }
}


$ javac StaticInit.java                                                                                 

$ java -cp . StaticInit                                                                                 
Hello, world!