#1 Static initializer block disappears

[Anonymous]

I have a class with a static initialization block, like so:

public class ListCanvas {
static {
// initialization code here
}

public ListCanvas() {}

// methods...
}

After obfuscation, the static initializer is not called when the class is loaded.

[Eric Lafortune]

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This bug is very surprising. It sounds really serious, but I
haven't
seen it before, nor heard anyone complain. My test cases run
fine.

Maybe J2ME (mentioned in your e-mail) is different in some
respect.
In J2SE, the static <clinit> method is kept because it is
treated as
overriding <clinit> in java.lang.Object. Perhaps
java.lang.Object
doesn't have a <clinit> method in J2ME? A workaround would
then be
to explicitly specify the option
-keepclassmembers class * { static void <clinit>(); }

I'll look into it.

[Eric Lafortune]

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The diagnosis above is correct. So for the time
being, you can specify

-keepclassmembers class * { static void <clinit>(); }

when processing J2ME applications.

I've fixed it for version 1.2, which is due for release
in a couple of days.

Eric.