How to initialize once for all a static field of a custom editor in unity

Question

I have a custom editor wich has a static field.

Suppose you have a static field of type MyObject:

public class myEditor : Editor {

...

private static MyObject myObj;

...
}

I'd like to initialize the field myObj directly on the same line of the declaration, but in this way I get a TypeInitializationException.

I could initialize the field myObj in the method OnEnable, but in this way I have to use an if statement like the following:

if ( myObj == null )
    myObj = new MyObject();

Is there a way to initialize myObj once for all without using if statement?

Is this the code that you are using? I ask because it looks like field shouldn't be there and would cause a compilation error. — Kelly Thomas, Dec 9 '14 at 12:29
Have you examined the TypeInitializationException.InnerException property? — Kelly Thomas, Dec 9 '14 at 15:03

user2888973 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-01 23:21:00Z

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You could use a static constuctor

Static myEditor(){
    myObj = new MyObject();
}

This will run the first time you access the class

answered Mar 1 at 23:21

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