Why the following code in class “test” don't give stackoverflow error with static keyword

Question

Why the following code in class test don't give stackoverflow error with static keyword?

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        
        test t = new test();
          
    }
}

class test{

    static  test p = new test() ;  
}

Answer 1

Got the answer

1. static variables in a class are initialized before any object of that class can be created.

2)static variables,methods are related to class rather than a particular instance.

Answer 2

as p is static - it is initialized only once, so new test() won't be executed a second time - thus no stack overflow