Force initialization of Scala singleton object

Question

I\'m working on an automatic mapping framework built on top of Dozer. I won\'t go into specifics as it\'s not relevant to the question but in general it\'s supposed to allow

Answer 1

Short answer: You can't. Scala objects are lazy, and are not initialized until first reference. You could reference the object, but then you need a way of ensuring the executing code gets executed, reducing the problem back to the original problem.