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Lazy<T> Class

Provides support for lazy initialization.

System.Object
  System.Lazy<T>
    System.Lazy<T, TMetadata>

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("ThreadSafetyMode={Mode}, IsValueCreated={IsValueCreated}, IsValueFaulted={IsValueFaulted}, Value={ValueForDebugDisplay}")]
public class Lazy<T>

Type Parameters

T

Specifies the type of object that is being lazily initialized.

The Lazy<T> type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Lazy<T>() Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T> class. When lazy initialization occurs, the default constructor of the target type is used.
Public method Lazy<T>(Boolean) Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T> class. When lazy initialization occurs, the default constructor of the target type and the specified initialization mode are used.
Public method Lazy<T>(Func<T>) Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T> class. When lazy initialization occurs, the specified initialization function is used.
Public method Lazy<T>(LazyThreadSafetyMode) Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T> class that uses the default constructor of T and the specified thread safety mode.
Public method Lazy<T>(Func<T>, Boolean) Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T> class. When lazy initialization occurs, the specified initialization function and initialization mode are used.
Public method Lazy<T>(Func<T>, LazyThreadSafetyMode) Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T> class that uses the specified initialization function and thread safety mode.
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  Name Description
Public property IsValueCreated Gets a value that indicates whether a value has been created for this Lazy<T> instance.
Public property Value Gets the lazily initialized value of the current Lazy<T> instance.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Creates and returns a string representation of the Lazy<T>.Value property for this instance. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
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Lazy initialization occurs the first time the Lazy<T>.Value property is accessed.

Use an instance of Lazy<T> to defer the creation of a large or resource-intensive object or the execution of a resource-intensive task, particularly when such creation or execution might not occur during the lifetime of the program.

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

By default, all public and protected members of the Lazy<T> class are thread safe and may be used concurrently from multiple threads. These thread-safety guarantees may be removed optionally and per instance, using parameters to the type's constructors.

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