How to initialize a C# static class before it is actually needed?

Question

I have a static class with a static constructor that takes some time (10-15 seconds) to execute and fully initialize the class. In order to improve performance, I\'ve decided to

Answer 1

I would probably just go for the Initialize method - and it can do something useful:

• It can log that you're explicitly trying to initialize the class, with a stack trace
• It might throw an exception if the class is already initialized via another Initialize call
• You could possibly (with a bit of effort and reorganization) sort things so that any exceptions caused during initialization were propagated without the TypeInitializationException which you'd normally get.