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## Application.onInit() method

Register a function to be called when the application initializes.

This is a shortcut for adding a binding for a LifeCycleObserver implementing a `init()` method.

**Signature:**

```typescript
onInit(fn: () => ValueOrPromise<void>): Binding<LifeCycleObserver>;
```

## Parameters

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fn


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


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The function to invoke, it can be synchronous (returning `void`<!-- -->) or asynchronous (returning `Promise<void>`<!-- -->).


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**Returns:**

[Binding](./context.binding.md)<!-- -->&lt;[LifeCycleObserver](./core.lifecycleobserver.md)<!-- -->&gt;

The LifeCycleObserver binding created.