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Lazy<T, TMetadata> Class

Provides a lazy indirect reference to an object and its associated metadata for use by the Managed Extensibility Framework.

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

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  System.ComponentModel.Composition (in System.ComponentModel.Composition.dll)

[SerializableAttribute]
public class Lazy<T, TMetadata> : Lazy<T>

Type Parameters

T

The type of the object referenced.

TMetadata

The type of the metadata.

The Lazy<T, TMetadata> type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryLazy<T, TMetadata>(TMetadata)Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T, TMetadata> class with the specified metadata.
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryLazy<T, TMetadata>(TMetadata, Boolean)Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T, TMetadata> class with the specified metadata and thread safety value.
Public methodLazy<T, TMetadata>(TMetadata, LazyThreadSafetyMode)Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T, TMetadata> class with the specified metadata and thread synchronization mode.
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryLazy<T, TMetadata>(Func<T>, TMetadata)Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T, TMetadata> class with the specified metadata that uses the specified function to get the referenced object.
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryLazy<T, TMetadata>(Func<T>, TMetadata, Boolean)Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T, TMetadata> class with the specified metadata and thread safety value that uses the specified function to get the referenced object.
Public methodLazy<T, TMetadata>(Func<T>, TMetadata, LazyThreadSafetyMode)Initializes a new instance of the Lazy<T, TMetadata> class with the specified metadata and thread synchronization mode that uses the specified function to get the referenced object.
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  NameDescription
Public propertySupported by Portable Class LibraryIsValueCreatedGets a value that indicates whether a value has been created for this Lazy<T> instance. (Inherited from Lazy<T>.)
Public propertySupported by Portable Class LibraryMetadataGets the metadata associated with the referenced object.
Public propertySupported by Portable Class LibraryValueGets the lazily initialized value of the current Lazy<T> instance. (Inherited from Lazy<T>.)
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  NameDescription
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryEquals(Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Portable Class LibraryToStringCreates and returns a string representation of the Lazy<T>.Value property for this instance. (Inherited from Lazy<T>.)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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