Lazy Load Property Example/Snippet

Vault of Thoughts - Lazy Load Property Snippet

"I have written an article on Visual Studio Code Snippets - how to use them, and how to create your own. I have provided there a couple of snippets that I use on daily basis. You can also check Mads Kristensen's blog where he provides a snippet for "safe events". Today I have thought of yet another useful snippet...

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If using 2.0 version of the .NET Framework, you can do better and use the Nullable type for the field. And that is exactly the code snippet I provide. With it you can create such a lazy initialized property very quickly.

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I'm about to begin work on an API where I want to implement lazy property loading...

The nullable approach discussed above seems smart, simple and easy to maintain. Something to look at/think about anyway...