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Arie
Arie

Reputation: 3573

Calling method directly without instance variable

Is there a way to call directly a method without creating instance of specific class like it is in C# so apart from that way:

Dim myclass as New ClassX
myclass.MyMethod()

is there a way to use soemthing like:

New ClassX.MyMethod

i found this way and seems to be working but not sure if its correct:

   (New ClassX).MyMethod

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3271

Answers (1)

Markus
Markus

Reputation: 22456

If your method is an instance-level method you can only access it by using an instance of the class. By using 

(New ClassX).MyMethod

you implicitly create a new instance that you access only once.

An alternative is to change the method's signature and mark it as a Shared method: 

Public Class ClassX
    Public Shared Sub MyMethod()
        ' ...
    End Sub
End Class

Shared is the VB.NET way of creating a static method as it is called in C#. This way, you can access the method by only specifying the class name without creating an instance: 

ClassX.MyMethod()

Upvotes: 5

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