C# Equivalent for C++ Macros and using Auto<> Properties

Question

I have some auto-instantiation code which I would like to apply to about 15 properties in a fairly big class. The code is similar to the following but the type is differ

Answer 1

You could implement lazy initialization in a manner similar to this:

  public class Lazy where T : new()
   {
       private T _value;
       private bool _isInitialized;

       private T GetValue()
       {
           if (!_isInitialized)
           {
               _value = new T();
               _isInitialized = true;
           }

           return _value;
       }

       public static implicit operator T (Lazy t)
       {
           return t.GetValue();
       }
   }

which would allow you to write code like this:

      private Lazy _lazyCt = new Lazy();
      public ComplexType LazyCt
      {
          get { return _lazyCt; }
      }

The specifics of the initialization are irrelevant, I wrote it like this to show that you can make it transparently convertible to the non-lazy version, and perform the initialization on the first conversion. :)