Thread: declaring field variables

Hi,
I would like to declare a static final class instance, and set one of its field variables in the same line (all outside of a method). Ideally, it'd look something like this:

public class MyClass {
      public static final MyClass myInstance = new MyClass() { field = value };
// declaration of field & constructor for MyClass
}

but that doesn't work. Is this possible / does anyone have any ideas?

Alright, I was able to declare the instance, but I wasn't able to edit the fields unless I made the instance non-static. Any solution to that? I'd like to be able to call

MyClass.myInstance

in other programs.
Thanks

If I have this as the declaration:

public final MyClass myInstance = new MyClass() {{ field = value }};

I get this error:

File: /.../MyOtherClass.java [line: 128]
Error: non-static variable myInstance cannot be referenced from a static context

At Line 128:

function(MyClass.myInstance);

Or, if I declare myInstance like this:

public static final MyClass myInstance = new MyClass() {{ field = value }};

I get this this error:

File: /.../MyClass.java [line: 11]
Error: non-static variable field cannot be referenced from a static context

(where line 11 is the declaration of myInstance)

public class MyClass {
  private int field;
 
  public final MyClass myInstance = new MyClass()      {{ field = 3; }};
 
}

public class MyOtherProgram {
 
  public void function(MyClass mc) {
 
  }
 
  public void start() {
    function(MyClass.myInstance);
  }
 
 
  public static void main() {
    MyOtherProgram mop = new MyOtherProgram();
    mop.start();
  }
 
}

The start function is there so that we don't get any errors due to the fact that main is a static function, and also to better emulate the actual, complicated programs I'm trying to write.

I get this error:

1 error found:
File: /.../MyOtherProgram.java [line: 8]
Error: non-static variable myInstance cannot be referenced from a static context

I would like it to be a static variable. If I do this:

public class MyClass {
  private int field;
 
  public static final MyClass myInstance = new MyClass() {{ field = 3; }};
 
}

I get this error instead:

1 error found:
File: /.../MyClass.java [line: 4]
Error: non-static variable field cannot be referenced from a static context