Looks okay to me. Is there anything unusual about how you're creating instances? The docs say +initialize is sent before any message is sent to the *class*. So if you're using some variation of [[DBWord alloc] init...] I would expect it to be called before the first time you ever call alloc.
--Andy On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Ken Tozier wrote: > Hi > > I wrote a class that stores data common to all instances in an, init file, > but when I create new instances, + (void) initialize isn't getting called. I > thought that initialize was always called before anything else, so am a but > confused why it isn't working. I don't want to create a global "initialized" > flag and have to check that inside every method. Here's a stripped down > version of the initialize method. Anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Is there > any other way to insure that initialize is called before any other method in > the class? > > static NSMutableString *gSharedData > = nil; > > @implementation DBWord > > + (void) initialize > { > @synchronized(self) > { > if (gSharedData == nil) > { > NSLog(@"made it to here"); > > NSError *error = nil; > gSharedData = [[NSMutableString alloc] > initWithContentsOfFile: @"/path/to/shared/file.txt" encoding: > NSUTF16StringEncoding error: &error]; > } > } > } > > ... > > @end > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/aglee%40mac.com > > This email sent to ag...@mac.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com