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JavaScript instantiates class without usage React Native

I have the next problem/question in React Native:

I have the next class, let’s say it A that looks like this:

    export default class A {
        static shared = A.shared || new A()
    
        constructor() {
            console.log('in constructor')
            testFunction()
        }
    
        testFunction = () => {
           console.log('in test function')
        }

        testFunction2 = () => {
           console.log('in test function 2')
        }
    }

My A class in used in B class like this:

export default class B {
    static shared = B.shared || new B()

    makeAPIRequest = (parameters, valueCallback, errorCallback) => {
        console.log('in B req')
        A.shared.testFunction2()
    }
}

And the makeApiRequest function from B class in used in App.js like this:

const makeRequest = () => {
    B.shared.makeAPIRequest(parameters, responseCallback => {
      // do logic here...
    }, errorCallback => {
      // do logic here
    })   
}

And this makeRequest function is placed as an onPress action.

My question is: At the first render of the app, my constructor console.log and called function console.log are printed in terminal. Shouldn’t this happen just before I call the makeRequest function is App.js that calls the makeAPIRequest from B class that instantiate the A class?

If someone can explain me the logic behind this, will be pretty appreciated.

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Answer

A is instantiated as static dependency of itself so basically that happens just after class is loaded, if you want to make it lazy instantiated you need to do something like:

class A {
    static get shared() {
        if (!this.__instance) {
            this.__instance = new this();
        }
        return this.__instance;
    }
    //....
}
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