VB.NET 9.0: Object and Array Initializers
Last week I was exploring VB.NET for the ISV demo delivery. Some findings I want to share with you. First the object and Array Initializers
Let’s suppose we have a class called Customer
Public Class Customer
Public Id As Integer
Public Name As String
End Class
Now when you initialize this object in conventional VB.NET, this could be your approach,
Dim cust As New Customer()
With cust
.Id = 1
.Name = "VB.NET"
End With
Now in VB.NET 9.0 we do things in little differently,
Dim cust = New Customer() With {.Id = 2, .Name = "VB.NET 9.0"}
Also for array initialization in VB.NET we go for,
Dim objCusts(1) As Customer
objCusts(0) = New Customer() With {.Id = 3, .Name = "VB.NET 10.0"}
objCusts(1) = New Customer() With {.Id = 4, .Name = "VB.NET 11.0"}
In VB.NET 9.0 we write,
Dim objCusts() As Customer = { _
New Customer() With {.Id = 3, .Name = "VB.NET 10.0"}, _
New Customer() With {.Id = 4, .Name = "VB.NET 11.0"}}
It is small (to me simple), it is sweet.
Namoskar!!!