Why does Eclipse require me to set (arbitrary) brackets in java code?

Question

I am currently trying to figure out how to use Eclipse to program Escape models in java. I am quite new to Escape and Eclipse, and it has been a while since I programmed in java

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with your IDE. Java does not allow statements at class level, it does however allow initializers at class level.

{foo();}

This is an instance initializer, it will be copied into all constructors by the compiler.
(See Java Tutorial > Initializing Fields)

In Java, you can write statements in

• a method
• a constructor (which is a special kind of method)
• an initializer block (static or instance)

but nowhere else.