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VB.Net equivalent of "This" for Shared Methods – Asp.net

Public Class MyLongClassName

    Public Shared Name As String = "Ana"

    Public Shared Function GetName() As String
        Dim Name As String = "Beta"
        '... this is toooooo long
        Return MyLongClassName.Name
    End Function

    Public Shared Function GetName() As String
        Dim Name As String = "Beta"
        '... much better
        Return This.Name '<--- there is any keyword for this?
    End Function

End Class

I dont care only about long class names. Having a keyword to refer to the very class (like ‘this’ in static methods in Javascript) will be very useful along my journey.

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  1. 0

    The equivalent keyword is me. In place of This.

    And this goes back to even VB days, and even VBA days

    Thus

    Return Me.Name

    Edit:
    As pointed out, me is not available in a shared class. So then just

    Return Name

    Will work fine, and so will

       Return MyLongClassName.Name
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  2. 0

    To refer to a shared member within a shared method of the same class, you only have 2 choices:

    1. Use the class name.
    2. Use no qualifier and avoid locals with the same name.
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