Mathew,

do you mean class-side initilization that would run when the MCZ is loaded in 
the image on the "target" system? If so, that is not what I am looking for - 
I am explicitly trying to initialize that member only on the first system 
that creates the MCZ. In more detail, when creating resource for the test, I 
stream eToys .pr file into a String, and the tests then stream Projects from 
this string as if they were loading the .pr file. The reason I need that, is 
I cannot (and do not want to) ship these .pr files around with the tests.

Milan

On 2007 February 12 00:27, Matthew Fulmer wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:07:48PM -0500, Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to do something like this: I have a class LoadProjectTest
> > that is essentially a singleton and the LoadProjectTest  class is in
> > category eToys-Tests. I'd like to do something like this: In the image
> > where this class originates, I am creating the instance, and setting one
> > instance variable with some value from a local file. I'd like the
> > instance to be stored in Monticello, when I "save" the category. Then,
> > when the MCZ is loaded into another image, the instance would be there,
> > filled with the value as created in the originating image.
> >
> > However, when I load the MCZ into another image, the instance is null;
> > although I was assuming otherwise, that makes sense as the Monticello
> > repository stores code not live objects.
> >
> > Is it possible to, somehow, to make Monticello to keep the instance, so
> > it is deserialized from the MCZ when the MCZ is loaded into the target
> > image?
>
> You would write some class initialization code that creates this
> instance, and stores it where you see fit. Put your code in the
> class-side initialize method.
>
> A good example of a code that does just that is the class
> ExternalType in category FFI-Kernel. Look at the methods in
> category "class initialization"
>
> > Thanks Milan
>
> Hope it helps.