So having "discovered" this approach as a young .NET dev retroactively gives me a smug smile that I came up with such a battle-tested pattern. Then again, it's

So having "discovered" this approach as a young .NET dev retroactively gives me a smug smile that I came up with such a battle-tested pattern. Then again, it's also quite an obvious and simple pattern which is why it was used in the first place, I'm sure.