class MyClass {
    private final int counter;
    public MyClass(final int counter) {
        this.counter = counter;
    }
}

class MyClass {
    private final int counter;
    public MyClass() {
        this(0);
    }
    public MyClass(final int counter) {
        this.counter = counter;
    }
}

public class Deck {
  private final static List<String> SUITS;

  static {
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    list.add("Clubs");
    list.add("Spades");
    list.add("Hearts");
    list.add("Diamonds");
    SUITS = Collections.unmodifiableList(list);
  }

  ...
}

private final static List<String> SUITS =
  Collections.unmodifiableList(
    Arrays.asList("Clubs", "Spades", "Hearts", "Diamonds")
  );

public class MyClass {

    static private Properties propTable;

    static
    {
        try
        {
            propTable.load(new FileInputStream("/data/user.prop"));
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            propTable.put("user", System.getProperty("user"));
            propTable.put("password", System.getProperty("password"));
        }
    }

public class MyClass
{
    public MyClass()
    {
        synchronized (MyClass.class)
        {
            if (propTable == null)
            {
                try
                {
                    propTable.load(new FileInputStream("/data/user.prop"));
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    propTable.put("user", System.getProperty("user"));
                    propTable.put("password", System.getProperty("password"));
                }
            }
        }
    }