I have a class that uses a static block to initialize a static Hashtable. This is done by reading a properties file, parsing the contents of the file, and then setting the appropriate values into the Hashtable.
However, instead of specifying the location of the file, I would like to inject the location instead using Spring, basically to eliminate any hard-coded values in the class. I did see somewhere else that it is in fact possible to inject into a static variable, but that it will involve the use of a non-static setter.
So my question is--will the invocation of the setter happen before the static block is executed, or will the static block execute first before Spring invokes the setter (which will basically cause an exception in my code)?
Thank you!