Question

In project A, i have a static class which stores data for specific types, this data is initialized in the static constructor

public static class MyStaticClass
{
    private static readonly Dictionary<Type, object> data = new Dictionary<Type, object>();

    static MyStaticClass() { /*fill data here*/ }

    public static object GetData(Type type) { return data[type]; }

    public static void SetData(Type type, object o) { data[type] = o; }
}

Project B uses project A. Project B is also a library.
In project B i want to use this class not only for types added in the static constructor, but also for types defined in B and its dependencies.

Basically somewhere in B i want to have the following code:

MyStaticClass.SetData(typeof(TypeInB), new object());
MyStaticClass.SetData(typeof(TypeInDllUsedByB), new object());

What would be the appropriate place to put this code in project B?
I project B there are several places i’d like to call GetData without having to worry if previous code has already been executed.

I thought about placing it in static TypeInB() and any other classes i’d like to use, but that won’t work for classes defined in other assemblies.

Answer 1

Create wrapper class in project B that will fwd calls to repository in project A. For example,

public static class MyStaticClassInB
{

    static MyStaticClassInB() { /*fill data here*/ }

    public static object GetData(Type type) { return MyStaticClass.GetData(type); }

    public static void SetData(Type type, object o) { MyStaticClass.SetData(type, o); }
}

Always use MyStaticClassInB in Project B (and not MyStaticClass). Now correct location to initialize types from B would be static constructor of this class.