Hi All,

I have a simple question: What would be the best way to have some initialization code called at the beginning of an ECJ run (before the evaluation threads are spawned)?

I have an evaluation function which requires data to be loaded into memory before the first time it is run.  Currently, I have it such that the data is loaded upon the first time it is called, but I could load the data through an initialization function (or some equivalent), if necessary.  

My problem is that a multithreaded ECJ run will call the function multiple times before the data is fully loaded into memory, resulting in ugly results for the first couple evaluations.

If this issue doesn't fit nicely into the ECJ world view, I can fix it with mutex locks, etc.  However, if there's an easy way to execute code at the beginning of an ECJ run, I would love to hear it.

Thanks!
Mike