How an object is created

To summarize the process of creating an object, consider a class called Dog:
1. Even though it doesn’t explicitly use the static keyword, the constructor is actually a static method. So the first time an object of type Dog is created, or the first time a static method or static field of class Dog is accessed, the Java interpreter must locate Dog.class, which it does by searching through the classpath.
2. As Dog.class is loaded (creating a Class object, which you’ll learn about later), all of its static initializers are run. Thus, static initialization takes place only once, as the Class object is loaded for the first time.
3. When you create a new Dog( ), the construction process for a Dog object first allocates enough storage for a Dog object on the heap.
4. This storage is wiped to zero, automatically setting all the primitives in that Dog object to their default values (zero for numbers and the equivalent for boolean and char) and the references to null.
5. Any initializations that occur at the point of field definition are executed.
6. Constructors are executed. this might actually involve a fair amount of activity, especially when inheritance is involved.