Shared Properties
In an object-oriented approach, fields should be wrapped by properties that gain access to fields. This also happens with shared members. A shared property can be implemented either as an auto-implemented property or explicitly. For instance, continuing with the preceding example, a shared property could be implemented as follows:
Public Shared Property DocumentCounter As Integer
You can still write shared properties the old-fashioned way for further manipulations, like this:
Private Shared _documentCounter As IntegerPublic Shared Property DocumentCounter As Integer Get Return _documentCounter End Get Set(value As Integer) _documentCounter = value ...
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