C#

class StockItem
{
  private StockItemColour[] colours = null;
 
  ....
 
  public StockItemColour[] StockItemColours
  {
    get
    {
      if( colours == null )
      {
        colours = FetchColoursFromDB();
      }
      
      return colours;
    }
  }
 
  ...
}

public class StockCollection
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// All StockItems assigned to this collection
        /// </summary>
        public StockItems StockItems
        {
            get {return new StockItems(this);}
        }...

StockCollections stockcollectionsTest = new StockCollections();
            foreach (StockCollection stockcollectionCurrent in stockcollectionsTest)
            {
                Response.Write("Collection Title: " + stockcollectionCurrent.Title + "<br />");
                // At this point property StockItems has not been "run" and therefore no sub-items populated, right?
                foreach(StockItem stockitemCurrent in stockcollectionCurrent.StockItems)
                {
                    // But now it has been populated because of the stockcollectionCurrent.StockItems just above, right?
                    Response.Write("StockItem Title: " + stockitemCurrent.Title + "<br />");
                }
            }

using System;
using System.Threading;
 
namespace ThreadAbort
{
	class Class1
	{
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			Thread f = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Run));
			f.Start();
			Thread.Sleep(1500);
			f.Abort();
 
			Console.ReadLine();
		}
 
		static void Run()
		{
			while(true)
			{
				Console.WriteLine("thread will sleep");
				System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000);
				Console.WriteLine("thread is awake");
			}
		}
	}
}

using System;
using System.Threading;

namespace TestThreadAbort
{
	class TheTest
	{
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("[M] Starting worker thread.");
			Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(WorkerThread));
			t.Start();
			Thread.Sleep(170000);
			Console.WriteLine("[M] Killing WorkerThread...");
			t.Abort();
			Console.WriteLine("[M] Main thread waiting...");
			t.Join();
			Console.WriteLine("[M] Goodbye.");
		}

		private static void WorkerThread()
		{
			try
			{
				while (true)
				{
					Console.WriteLine("[W] WorkerThread saying hello.");
					Thread.Sleep(50000);
				}
			}
			catch (ThreadAbortException)
			{
				Console.WriteLine("[W] WorkerThread saying bye-bye.");
			}
		}
	}
}