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title: 'API docs: core.lifecycleobserver.init'
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## LifeCycleObserver.init() method

The method to be invoked during `init`<!-- -->. It will only be called at most once for a given application instance.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
init?(...injectedArgs: unknown[]): ValueOrPromise<void>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  injectedArgs | unknown\[\] |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

[ValueOrPromise](./context.valueorpromise.md)<!-- -->&lt;void&gt;