I have a class with a static string variable that has a somewhat complex initialization (I can't just set it equal to a quoted string like "whatever"
). I need to run a few lines of code to actually create the value. Once it gets set, its value won't change. It's currently set up as a property that just gets set on the first call to get
.
class MyClass
{
private static string _myString = "";
public static string MyString
{
get
{
if(_myString == "")
{
// use an object "obj" here to create the value
MyObject obj = new MyObject();
obj.someSetupHere();
_myString = obj.ToString();
}
return _myString;
}
}
}
My question is: is there a better way to do this? I would rather the value be set up when all the other variables get set, rather than on the first "get" of the value. Should I be using a Lazy<T>
here instead? I would really like something like:
private static string _myString =
{
// use an object "obj" here to create the value
MyObject obj = new MyObject();
obj.someSetupHere();
_myString = obj.ToString();
}
I know that's probably not valid syntax, but hopefully it conveys what I'm trying to do.
You can just call a method:
You could do that all with a lambda expression cast to a
Func<string>
if you really wanted to avoid the extra declared method:Or use a static constructor to initialize the string: