Async factory method

async_factory.cs

// http://blog.stephencleary.com/2013/01/async-oop-2-constructors.html

public sealed class MyClass
{
  private MyData asyncData;
  private MyClass() { ... }

  private async Task<MyClass> InitializeAsync()
  {
    asyncData = await GetDataAsync();
    return this;
  }

  public static Task<MyClass> CreateAsync()
  {
    var ret = new MyClass();
    return ret.InitializeAsync();
  }
}

public static async Task UseMyClassAsync()
{
  MyClass instance = await MyClass.CreateAsync();
  ...
}