java - Static block execution before main method

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Does static
block of class execute before the main method of same class?

Example:

public
            class Example {


 static
 {

            System.out.println("hi");
 }

 public static void
            main(String[] args) {


            System.out.println("bye");



            }
}

The
output of this program is :

hi

bye

My
doubt is why the output was
not:

bye

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Ok, I got
the answer when i run the program using -- java example -- in command prompt. In
background java command executes main thread as -- example.main() -- which is similar to
static method calling.
So statements in the static block executes first than
my main method.