title: Access Shared Property of a generic list
body: <p>I have a list...</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-vb prettyprint-override"><code>Public Class DatabaseCollection(Of T)
    Inherits List(Of T)
  
    Private Shared _LookupTables As Dictionary(Of String, IEnumerable)
    Public Shared ReadOnly Property LookupTables As Dictionary(Of String, IEnumerable)
      Get
        If _LookupTables Is Nothing Then
          _LookupTables = New Dictionary(Of String, IEnumerable)
        End If
        Return _LookupTables
      End Get
    End Property  
  End Class
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I want to access this property from elsewhere.</p>
  
  <p>How do I do that?</p>