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So, I just realized that with `as?` it does not trigger the `init {}` method, and I'm losing some info here when doing the casting from `Serializable` `<http://java.io|java.io>` interface that is setup in `init{} block`. So, I'm wondering if there is a way to invoke the `init {}` when casting with `as?`?

Do you have a code sample to share? But the `as?` operator doesn’t create any new objects, it just casts it from one type to another, so I wouldn’t expect `init { }` to get called from a cast.

Yeah, that wouldn't call the `init {}`, and I'm looking to a way to reset those bindings that I do on init to reinitialize in polymorphic situation, where my class has multiple super classes.:
```
@Serializable
class TestObject: Model(), java.io.Serializable {
    init {
        super.setSerializer(serializer())
    }
}
```
There the `setSerializer` is in `Model` class, that I wanna invoke after the casting happens everytime. Does that makes sense?

In `C++`, I would override a copy constructor for the casting, to do such thing. So, I'm wondering what's kotlin's equivalent? What is guaranteed to be called when `as?` is used to cast to the object type?

like casey said, don't think `as?` does anything like that as it doesn't create an instance, just casts it.  if you want to create a new instance you'd have to implement your own `clone` method or something, which could work simialr to a c++ copy constructor