Is there a way to explicitly call a shared constructor or shared
finalizer in a static class?
finalizer in a static class?
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Re: Calling Shared Constructors/Finalizers
Xenomech@gmail. com wrote:I'm not sure I even understand why it would be necessary... can youIs there a way to explicitly call a shared constructor or shared
finalizer in a static class?
explain a little more please?
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Re: Calling Shared Constructors/Finalizers
Xenomech@gmail. com wrote:Hi,Is there a way to explicitly call a shared constructor or shared
finalizer in a static class?
No, there is not. Also, shared (static) finalizers do not exist. Can
you explain a bit more about what you're trying to accomplish?
Brian
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Re: Calling Shared Constructors/Finalizers
Hi,
The original poster and I work together. I've read (i.e.
http://www.csharpfriends.com/Article...?articleID=116)
that it is possible. But we could't find how to actually do it.
We need to restart our application. So instead of quitting and
re-executing it, we thought we could programatically invoke the class
constructors to re-initialize everything.
Paul
Brian Gideon wrote:Xenomech@gmail. com wrote:>Is there a way to explicitly call a shared constructor or shared
finalizer in a static class?
Hi,
>
No, there is not. Also, shared (static) finalizers do not exist. Can
you explain a bit more about what you're trying to accomplish?
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BrianComment
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Re: Calling Shared Constructors/Finalizers
timexsinclair20 68@hotmail.com wrote:Hi,
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The original poster and I work together. I've read (i.e.
http://www.csharpfriends.com/Article...?articleID=116)
that it is possible. But we could't find how to actually do it.
>
We need to restart our application. So instead of quitting and
re-executing it, we thought we could programatically invoke the class
constructors to re-initialize everything.
>
Paul
>
Paul,
My guess is that the article is referring to the possibility of calling
the type initializer via reflection. I'm not sure I would use the word
explicit to describe it though.
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim t As Type = GetType(Test)
t.TypeInitializ er.Invoke(Nothi ng, Nothing)
End Sub
End Module
Public Class Test
Shared Sub New()
Console.WriteLi ne("It worked!")
End Sub
End Class
Note that "It worked!" is printed twice. Also, this a pretty flagrant
hack. I recommend considering a different approach to reinitializes
the application's state.
Brian
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Re: Calling Shared Constructors/Finalizers
Thanks a lot Brian.
I know doing this is definitely not elegant. However, I'm not sure what
could go wrong?
Paul
Brian Gideon wrote:timexsinclair20 68@hotmail.com wrote:>Hi,
The original poster and I work together. I've read (i.e.
http://www.csharpfriends.com/Article...?articleID=116)
that it is possible. But we could't find how to actually do it.
We need to restart our application. So instead of quitting and
re-executing it, we thought we could programatically invoke the class
constructors to re-initialize everything.
Paul
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Paul,
>
My guess is that the article is referring to the possibility of calling
the type initializer via reflection. I'm not sure I would use the word
explicit to describe it though.
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Module Module1
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Sub Main()
Dim t As Type = GetType(Test)
t.TypeInitializ er.Invoke(Nothi ng, Nothing)
End Sub
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End Module
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Public Class Test
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Shared Sub New()
Console.WriteLi ne("It worked!")
End Sub
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End Class
>
Note that "It worked!" is printed twice. Also, this a pretty flagrant
hack. I recommend considering a different approach to reinitializes
the application's state.
>
BrianComment
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