Updated to use shorter construction syntax

Author: RandomEngy

VidCoder/Controls/EnhancedListView.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace VidCoder.Controls;
 
 public class EnhancedListView : ListView
 {
-	private readonly List<IListItemViewModel> selectedItems = new List<IListItemViewModel>();
+	private readonly List<IListItemViewModel> selectedItems = new();
 
 	protected override void OnSelectionChanged(SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
 	{

VidCoder/DragDrop/DraggedAdorner.cs

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ protected override int VisualChildrenCount
 
 	public override GeneralTransform GetDesiredTransform(GeneralTransform transform)
 	{
-		GeneralTransformGroup result = new GeneralTransformGroup();
+		GeneralTransformGroup result = new();
 		result.Children.Add(base.GetDesiredTransform(transform));
 		result.Children.Add(new TranslateTransform(this.left, this.top));
 

VidCoder/EnumDisplayer.cs

@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ public class EnumDisplayer : IValueConverter
 	private Type type;
 	private IDictionary displayValues;
 	private IDictionary reverseValues;
-	private static Dictionary<string, string> overriddenDisplayEntries = new Dictionary<string, string>
+	private static Dictionary<string, string> overriddenDisplayEntries = new()
 	{
 		{ "Off", EnumsRes.Off },
 		{ "Default", EnumsRes.Default },
 		{ "Custom", EnumsRes.Custom },
 	};
-	private static Dictionary<string, string> resourceAliases = new Dictionary<string, string>
+	private static Dictionary<string, string> resourceAliases = new()
 	{
 		{ "VCAnamorphic", "Anamorphic" },
 		{ "VCDeinterlace", "Deinterlace" },
 		{ "VCDecomb", "Decomb" },
 	};
 
-	private static ResourceManager enumResourceManager = new ResourceManager(typeof(EnumsRes));
+	private static ResourceManager enumResourceManager = new(typeof(EnumsRes));
 
 	public EnumDisplayer()
 	{
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private string GetAttributeDisplayString(DisplayAttribute[] attributes)
 		DisplayAttribute displayAttribute = attributes[0];
 		if (displayAttribute.ResourceType != null)
 		{
-			ResourceManager resourceManager = new ResourceManager(displayAttribute.ResourceType);
+			ResourceManager resourceManager = new(displayAttribute.ResourceType);
 			return resourceManager.GetString(displayAttribute.Name);
 		}
 

VidCoder/EnumStringConverter.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ private string GetDisplayStringValue(DisplayAttribute[] a)
 
 		if (displayAttribute.ResourceType != null)
 		{
-			ResourceManager resourceManager = new ResourceManager(displayAttribute.ResourceType);
+			ResourceManager resourceManager = new(displayAttribute.ResourceType);
 			return resourceManager.GetString(displayAttribute.Name);
 		}
 

VidCoder/Extensions/PresetExtensions.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace VidCoder.Extensions;
 
 public static class PresetExtensions
 {
-	private static ResourceManager manager = new ResourceManager(typeof(MainRes));
+	private static ResourceManager manager = new(typeof(MainRes));
 
 	public static string GetDisplayName(this Preset preset)
 	{

VidCoder/Model/Config/ConfigObservable.cs

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ namespace VidCoder.Model;
 public class ConfigObservable<T> : IObservable<T>
 {
 	private string key;
-	private List<IObserver<T>> observers = new List<IObserver<T>>();
-	private readonly object disposeLock = new object();
+	private List<IObserver<T>> observers = new();
+	private readonly object disposeLock = new();
 
 	public ConfigObservable(string key)
 	{

VidCoder/Model/Database.cs

@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ public static class Database
 {
 	private const string BackupFolderName = "Backups";
 
-	private static ThreadLocal<SQLiteConnection> threadLocalConnection = new ThreadLocal<SQLiteConnection>(trackAllValues: true);
+	private static ThreadLocal<SQLiteConnection> threadLocalConnection = new(trackAllValues: true);
 
 	private static long mainThreadId;
 
-	private static Lazy<string> lazyDatabaseFile = new Lazy<string>(GetDatabaseFilePath);
+	private static Lazy<string> lazyDatabaseFile = new(GetDatabaseFilePath);
 
 	public static void Initialize()
 	{
@@ -231,14 +231,14 @@ private static void BackupDatabaseFile(int databaseVersion)
 	/// <returns>The best version match.</returns>
 	private static int FindBackupDatabaseFile()
 	{
-		DirectoryInfo backupDirectoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(BackupDatabaseFolder);
+		DirectoryInfo backupDirectoryInfo = new(BackupDatabaseFolder);
 		if (!backupDirectoryInfo.Exists)
 		{
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		FileInfo[] backupFiles = backupDirectoryInfo.GetFiles();
-		Regex regex = new Regex(@"^VidCoder-v(?<version>\d+)\.sqlite$");
+		Regex regex = new(@"^VidCoder-v(?<version>\d+)\.sqlite$");
 
 		int bestCandidate = -1;
 		foreach (FileInfo backupFile in backupFiles)

VidCoder/Model/HardwarePool.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class HardwarePool
 	/// <summary>
 	/// The jobs that are currently using this hardware.
 	/// </summary>
-	private readonly List<EncodeJobViewModel> jobs = new List<EncodeJobViewModel>();
+	private readonly List<EncodeJobViewModel> jobs = new();
 
 	public HardwarePool(string name, int slotCount)
 	{

VidCoder/Model/Picker.cs

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public string Name
 	/// </summary>
 	public string WordSeparator { get; set; } = " ";
 
-	private List<string> wordBreakCharacters = new List<string> { " ", "_" };
+	private List<string> wordBreakCharacters = new() { " ", "_" };
 
 	/// <summary>
 	/// The characters to use to separate words in titles.

VidCoder/Model/PresetStorage.cs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public static class PresetStorage
 
 	private static readonly string UserPresetsFolder = Path.Combine(CommonUtilities.AppFolder, "UserPresets");
 	private static readonly string BuiltInPresetsPath = "BuiltInPresets.json";
-	private static object userPresetSync = new object();
+	private static object userPresetSync = new();
 
 	// This field holds the copy of the preset list that has been most recently queued for saving.
 	private static volatile List<Preset> pendingSavePresetList;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static List<Preset> UserPresets
 		{
 			var clonedList = value.Select(p =>
 			{
-				Preset newPreset = new Preset();
+				Preset newPreset = new();
 				newPreset.InjectFrom<CloneInjection>(p);
 
 				return newPreset;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public static void UpgradeEncodingProfile(VCProfile profile, int oldDatabaseVers
 			return;
 		}
 
-		List<EncodingProfileUpgrade> upgrades = new List<EncodingProfileUpgrade>
+		List<EncodingProfileUpgrade> upgrades = new()
 		{
 			new EncodingProfileUpgrade(44, UpgradeEncodingProfileTo44),
 			new EncodingProfileUpgrade(48, UpgradeEncodingProfileTo48),