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Member 'names' cannot be initialized in an object initializer expression because it is shared

How can I ininitialize the "names" property on the "TestPerson" class. The code below throws an error. "Member 'names' cannot be initialized in an object initializer expression because it is shared"

 Return From p In Me.peopleRep.GetAll()
               Let names = Me.nameSvc.GetAll(p.personGuid)
               Select New Credit.Person _
               With {.personId = p.personId,
                     .birthDay = p.birthDay,
                     .gender = p.gender,
                     .names = New ObservableCollection(Of Credit.Name)(names)
                    }

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Public Class TestPerson
    Public Property birthDay As String
    Public Property gender As String
    Public Shared Property names As ICollection(Of Name)
        Get
            Return _names
        End Get
        Set(value As ICollection(Of Name))
            _names = value
        End Set
    End Property
    Private Shared _names As ObservableCollection(Of Name) = Nothing
End Class

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Corey Scheich

fyi the reason it throws an error is because it would cause the shared member to be accessed through an instance which is not recommended.

See the Note section on this page.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4hbsxy95(v=vs.90).aspx

You could also potentially initialize names like this forgive me this is rough

Dim names = Me.nameSvc.GetAll(p.personGuid)
 TestPerson.names =  New ObservableCollection(Of Credit.Name)(names)

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