Is it possible to use a c# object initializer with a factory method?

Question

I have a class with a static factory method on it. I want to call the factory to retrieve an instance of the class, and then do additional initialization, preferablly via c#

Answer 1

You can use an extension method such as the following:

namespace Utility.Extensions
{
    public static class Generic
    {
        /// 

        /// Initialize instance.
        /// 
        public static T Initialize(this T instance, Action initializer)
        {
            initializer(instance);
            return instance;
        }
    }
}

You would call it as follows:

using Utility.Extensions;
// ...
var result = MyClass.FactoryCreate()
                .Initialize(x =>
                {
                    x.someProperty = someValue;
                    x.someProperty2 = someValue2;
                });