# initialize

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## Function: initialize()

> **initialize**(`_empty`): `DecoratorFunction`

Tells the SDK to use this function as the initialization function of the contract.

### Parameters

• **\_empty**: `EmptyParameterObject`

An empty object.

### Returns

`DecoratorFunction`

### Defined in

[packages/near-sdk-js/src/near-bindgen.ts:39](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/blob/b58ac04fc6dff2f1120e9098c0cb059493486598/packages/near-sdk-js/src/near-bindgen.ts#L39)