Hey,

I have something like the following

TestObjectCreator{

private static Person person;

private static Company company;

static { person = new Person() person.setName("Joe"); company = new Company(); company.setName("Apple"); }

public Person createTestPerson(){
    return person;
}

 public Person createTestCompany(){
    return company;
}

}

By applying static{} what am I gaining? I assume the objects are singletons as a result. However, if I did the following:

Person person = TestObjectCreator.createTestPerson(); person.setName("Jill"); Person person2 = TestObjectCreator.createTestPerson();

would person2 be named Jill or Joe?