“initialize” class method for classes in Swift?

Question

I\'m looking for behavior similar to Objective-C\'s +(void)initialize class method, in that the method is called once when the class is initialized, and never a

Answer 1

For @objc classes, class func initialize() definitely works, since +initialize is implemented by the Objective-C runtime. But for "native" Swift classes, you'll have to see the other answers.