Marking A Class Static in VB.NET

Question

As just stated in a recent question and answer, you can\'t inherit from a static class. How does one enforce the rules that go along with static classes inside VB.NET? Sin

Answer 1

Almost there. You've got to prevent instantiation, too.

NotInheritable Class MyStaticClass

    ''' 

    ''' Prevent instantiation.
    ''' 
    Private Sub New()

    End Sub

    Public Shared Function MyMethod() As String

    End Function

End Class

• Shared is like method of static class.
• NotInheritable is like sealed.
• Private New is like static class can not be instantiated.

See:
MSDN - Static Classes and Static Class Members