Interface IInitializable

An interface to enable polymorphism for types like view model classes etc. that require an explicit (asynchronous) initialization.

Namespace: BionicCode.Utilities.Net

Assembly: BionicCode.Utilities.Net.Common.dll

Syntax

public interface IInitializable

Remarks

It's considered bad practice to have a longrunning cobstructor. Also constructors don't have an async context.
Deferring the initilaization of the instance is a convenient way to avoid the shortcommings and code smells.
It's also a clean way to "lazy" initialize expensive resources.

Properties

IsInitialized

Returns whether the instance is already initialized.

Declaration

bool IsInitialized { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true when InitializeAsync() was already called, otherwise false.

Methods

InitializeAsync()

Asynchronous method that executes the insatnce initialization routine.

Declaration

Task<bool> InitializeAsync()

Returns

Type	Description
Task<Boolean>	Return true when initialized successfully, otherwise false.

Extension Methods

HelperExtensionsCommon.ToDictionary(Object)

HelperExtensionsCommon.ToFlatDictionary(Object)