what does static { // some code } mean?
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2420389/static-initialization-blocks">Static Initialization Blocks</a>  </p>
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<p>What does the following mean in java?</p>

<pre><code>static {                                        
  WritableComparator.define(IntPair.class, new Comparator());
}
</code></pre>
