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Starting and using background threads during class initialization can result in class initialization cycles and deadlock. This is true becauseFor example, the main thread responsible for performing class initialization can block waiting for the background thread, which in turn will wait for the main thread to finish class initialization. This issue can arise, for example, when a database connection is established in a background thread during class initialization \[[Bloch 05b|AA. Java References#Bloch 05b]\].