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
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()
Shared. It is just the specific method that is Shared. So you can call this method without creating an instance, but not the others that are not Shared. Of course it is ok to use (New ClassX).MyMethod if required, but it is that done seldom. If it is a widely used case to call MyMethod without having an instance, I'd mark the method Shared.