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  29 <p class="p1"><b>*initClass</b></p>
  30 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  31 <p class="p3">see also: <a href="Class.html"><span class="s1">Class</span></a></p>
  32 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  33 <p class="p3">When SuperCollider starts up, just after it has compiled the library, it initializes all the classes from <a href="../Object.html"><span class="s1">Object</span></a> down, a depth first traversal of subclasses.</p>
  34 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  35 <p class="p3">In this method, any class that requires it may initalize classvars or other resources.</p>
  36 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  37 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  38 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  39 <p class="p3">In some cases you will require another class to be initalized before you can initalize your own.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>You may depend on its resources (a classvar).<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>This can be accomplished by:</p>
  40 <p class="p2"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span></p>
  41 <p class="p4">YourClass<span class="s2"> {</span></p>
  42 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>*initClass {</p>
  43 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s3">Class</span>.initClassTree(<span class="s3">OtherClass</span>);</p>
  44 <p class="p6"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  45 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span>..</p>
  46 <p class="p6"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  47 <p class="p7"><span class="s2"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></span>//</p>
  48 <p class="p6"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  49 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span>..</p>
  50 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>}</p>
  51 <p class="p6"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span></p>
  52 <p class="p5"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>..</p>
  53 <p class="p6"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span></p>
  54 <p class="p5">}</p>
  55 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  56 <p class="p3">Each class will be inited once, and the OtherClass will have all of its subclasses inited before the method returns.</p>
  57 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  58 <p class="p3">For those methods that need pre-initialized data (such as path names) should defer this function by using <a href="../../Control/StartUp.html"><span class="s1">StartUp</span></a>:</p>
  59 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  60 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  61 <p class="p8">YourClass<span class="s2"> {</span></p>
  62 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>*initClass {</p>
  63 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="s4">StartUp</span>.add {</p>
  64 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span>..</p>
  65 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span>}</p>
  66 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>}</p>
  67 <p class="p10"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  68 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span>..</p>
  69 <p class="p10"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></p>
  70 <p class="p9">}</p>
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