Why is a subclass' static initializer not invoked when a static method declared in its superclass is invoked on the subclass?

Question

Given the following classes:

public abstract class Super {
    protected static Object staticVar;

    protected static void staticMethod() {
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Answer 1

According to this article, when you call static method or use static filed of a class, only that class will be initialized.

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