DelayedInit

Classes and objects (but note, not traits) inheriting the DelayedInit marker trait will have their initialization code rewritten as follows: code becomes delayedInit(code).

Initialization code comprises all statements and all value definitions that are executed during initialization.

Example:

trait Helper extends DelayedInit {
  def delayedInit(body: => Unit) = {
    println("dummy text, printed before initialization of C")
    body // evaluates the initialization code of C
  }
}

class C extends Helper {
  println("this is the initialization code of C")
}

object Test extends App {
  val c = new C
}

Should result in the following being printed:

dummy text, printed before initialization of C
this is the initialization code of C