Object and Collection Initializers - assign self?

Question

I\'m using object and collection Initializers in the program and thinking how to get the example below.

Orders.Add(new Order()
                {
                     


        

Answer 1

What you're trying to here isn't possible. You can't refer to the object being constructed from within an object initializer body. You will need to break this up into a set of separate steps

var local = new Order() {
  id = 123,
  date = new datetime(2012, 03, 26);
};
local.items = new OrderItems() {
  lineid = 1;
  quantity = 3;
  order = local;
};
Orders.Add(local);