public class Test {
private static final String str1 = new String("en");
private static Test instance = initInstance();
private static final String str2 = new String("en");
private static final String str3 = "en";
private Test() {
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
}
private static Test initInstance() {
instance = new Test();
System.out.println(str1 + ',' + str2 + ',' + str3);
return instance;
}
}
Theoretically with statics everywhere it should result in "en,en,en".
Result: "en,null,en"
Expected: "en,null,null" (since i discovered statics order actually matters)
Could somebody explain this? What is so different about "en" and new String("en")?