I was curious as well, so I took it for a spin[0]. In short, no. A static initializer still needs to be wrapped in a class that contains a main method. pub

I was curious as well, so I took it for a spin[0]. In short, no. A static initializer still needs to be wrapped in a class that contains a main method. public class Main { static { System.out.println("Hello world"); } public static void main(String[] args) {} } [0]: https://repl.it/GDZG/1 https://repl.it/GDZG/1