@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@
 {
 	/// The class of the object
 	Class isa;
 }
 
+/**
+ * This code is executed once when the class is loaded into the runtime.
+ *
+ * Derived classes can overide this to execute their own code when the class is
+ * loaded.
+ */
++ (void)load;
+
 /**
  * This code is executed once when a method of the class is called for the first
  * time.
  *
  * Derived classes can override this to execute their own code on