At what stage of execution does the code inside the constructor and its static method run?

Code inside a class constructor in Java is executed during the creation of an instance of the class, that is, when the new operator is called. This is the object initialization phase.

Static methods and static initialization blocks are executed when the class is loaded into memory, that is, during class initialization, which occurs before the first reference to the class (for example, when calling a static method or creating an object).

In summary:

• Static methods are invoked during class initialization.
• Constructors are invoked during object creation (during program execution).