Is there a classdef startup/initializer method?

When a classdef is first loaded into memory (via object instance creation or static method call etc.), is there a way to get a startup/initializer method to automatically be called once? E.g., to do preliminary calculations needed to support the classdef functionality?

Answer 1

[Matt J]

As one example, you can initialize a property with a class-related function like below. Various other options are discussed here and here.

classdef myclass
    
    properties (Constant)
        startupData=init()
    end
    
    
end

function data=init()  %class-related function

   %Do initial stuff here.    

end

[James Tursa]

I think this will work for me. Thanks!

(Although in my application, init( ) is a myclass static method so it must be called myclass.init)