== Why is this an issue?

Static field initializers are executed in the order in which they appear in the class from top to bottom. Thus, placing a static field in a class above the field or fields required for its initialization will yield unexpected results.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,text]
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class MyClass
{
  public static int X = Y; // Noncompliant; Y at this time is still assigned default(int), i.e. 0
  public static int Y = 42;
}
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=== Compliant solution

[source,text]
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class MyClass
{
  public static int Y = 42;
  public static int X = Y;
}
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or


[source,text]
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class MyClass
{
  public static int X;
  public static int Y = 42;

  static MyClass()
  {
    X = Y;
  }
}
----