When to initialize an object?

hi,

i’m curious if initializing an object like below is always necessary and why… Anybody got an idea?


package {
[INDENT]public class Text {

[INDENT]public function Test()
{
[INDENT]init();
[/INDENT]}

private function init():void
{
[INDENT]doSomething();
[/INDENT]}
[/INDENT]}
[/INDENT]}