Class Initialization

Provides useful functions for initializing variables, fields or properties.

public static class Initialization

Inherited Members: object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Methods

Attempts to initialize a field of type TDerived, with a suitable TDerived value stored in a variable of TBase.

public static bool TryInitializeUpcast<TDerived, TBase>(ref TDerived? field, TBase value) where TDerived : class, TBase where TBase : class

field TDerived: The field that will be initialized, if not already initialized. This means, if the field is not null, it will not be set.
value TBase: The value to attempt to set the field to, if its runtime type is at least TDerived.

bool: true if field was null at the time of calling this method, and the runtime type of value allows its value to be stored in field, otherwise false.

Attempts to set a field of type TDerived to a TDerived value stored in a variable of TBase.

public static bool TrySetUpcast<TDerived, TBase>(ref TDerived? field, TBase value) where TDerived : class, TBase where TBase : class

field TDerived: The field that may be set to the given value.
value TBase: The value to attempt to set the field to, if its runtime type is at least TDerived.

bool: true if the runtime type of value allows its value to be stored in field, otherwise false.