Forcing a static constructor to be called

While static constructors are always called before the first usage of a type it’s sometimes useful to be able to force them to be called and the RuntimeHelpers class provide an helper for it:

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;    
// ...
RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor(typeof(Foo).TypeHandle);

Remark: All static initialization (fields initializers for example) will run, not only the constructor itself.

Potential usages: Forcing initialization during the splash screen in an UI application or ensuring that a static constructor doesn’t fail in an unit test.