Initializing a val lately

Question

Is it possible to do that in Scala using only val:

class MyClass {
  private val myVal1: MyClass2 //.....????? what should be here?

  def myMethod1(param1: Int)         


        

Answer 1

No, it isn't possible to do in the way you want. Consider, what would be the result of

val mc = new MyClass
mc.method1(0)
mc.method1(1)

? An exception thrown for setting myVal1 twice? Or should it keep the first value?