你可以在构造函数中使用Action

 public class ViewModel
    {
        public ObservableCollection<TData> Data { get; set; }
       public ViewModel()
        {              
            new Action(async () =>
            {
                  Data = await GetDataTask();
            }).Invoke();
        }

        public Task<ObservableCollection<TData>> GetDataTask()
        {
            Task<ObservableCollection<TData>> task;
            //Create a task which represents getting the data
            return task;
        }
    }

C# doesn't allow async constructors. Constructors are meant to return fast after some brief initialization. You don't expect and you don't want to wait for an instance i.e. the constructor to return. Therefore, even if async constructors were possible, a constructor is not a place for long-running operations or starting background threads. The only purpose of a constructor is initialization of instance or class members to a default value or the captured constructor parameters. You always create the instance and then call DoSomething() on this instance. Async operations are no exception. You always defer expensive initialization of members.

有一些解决方案可以避免对异步构造函数的需求。

使用Lazy<T>或AsyncLazy<T>的简单替代解决方案(需要通过NuGet包管理器安装Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading包)。Lazy<T>允许延迟实例化或昂贵资源的分配。

public class OrderService
{
  public List<object> Orders => this.OrdersInitializer.GetValue();
  private AsyncLazy<List<object>> OrdersInitializer { get; }

  public OrderService()
    => this.OrdersInitializer = new AsyncLazy<List<object>>(InitializeOrdersAsync, new JoinableTaskFactory(new JoinableTaskContext()));

  private async Task<List<object>> InitializeOrdersAsync()
  {
    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
    return new List<object> { 1, 2, 3 };
  }
}

public static void Main()
{
  var orderService = new OrderService();

  // Trigger async initialization
  orderService.Orders.Add(4);
}

可以使用方法而不是属性公开数据

public class OrderService
{
  private List<object> Orders { get; set; }

  public async Task<List<object>> GetOrdersAsync()
  {
    if (this.Orders == null)
    {
      await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
      this.Orders = new List<object> { 1, 2, 3 };
    }
    return this.Orders;
  }
}

public static async Task Main()
{
  var orderService = new OrderService();

  // Trigger async initialization
  List<object> orders = await orderService.GetOrdersAsync();
}

使用InitializeAsync方法，在使用实例之前必须调用该方法

public class OrderService
{
  private List<object> orders;
  public List<object> Orders 
  { 
    get
    {
      if (!this.IsInitialized)
      {
        throw new InvalidOperationException(); 
      }
      return this.orders;
    }
    private set
    {
      this.orders = value;
    }
  }

  public bool IsInitialized { get; private set; }

  public async Task<List<object>> InitializeAsync()
  {
    if (this.IsInitialized)
    {
      return;
    }

    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
    this.Orders = new List<object> { 1, 2, 3 };
    this.IsInitialized = true;
  }
}

public static async Task Main()
{
  var orderService = new OrderService();

  // Trigger async initialization
  await orderService.InitializeAsync();
}

通过将昂贵的参数传递给构造函数来实例化实例

public class OrderService
{
  public List<object> Orders { get; }

  public async Task<List<object>> OrderService(List<object> orders)
    => this.Orders = orders;
}

public static async Task Main()
{
  List<object> orders = await GetOrdersAsync();

  // Instantiate with the result of the async operation
  var orderService = new OrderService(orders);
}

private static async Task<List<object>> GetOrdersAsync()
{
  await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
  return new List<object> { 1, 2, 3 };
}

使用工厂方法和私有构造函数

public class OrderService
{
  public List<object> Orders { get; set; }

  private OrderServiceBase()  
    => this.Orders = new List<object>();

  public static async Task<OrderService> CreateInstanceAsync()
  {
    var instance = new OrderService();
    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
    instance.Orders = new List<object> { 1, 2, 3 };
    return instance;
  }
}

public static async Task Main()
{
  // Trigger async initialization  
  OrderService orderService = await OrderService.CreateInstanceAsync();
}

您的问题类似于创建文件对象并打开文件。事实上，有很多类在实际使用对象之前必须执行两个步骤:create + Initialize(通常称为类似于Open的东西)。

这样做的好处是构造函数可以是轻量级的。如果需要，可以在实际初始化对象之前更改一些属性。设置完所有属性后，将调用Initialize/Open函数来准备要使用的对象。这个Initialize函数可以是异步的。

缺点是您必须相信类的用户在使用类的任何其他函数之前会调用Initialize()。事实上，如果你想让你的类完全证明(傻瓜证明?)，你必须检入Initialize()被调用的每个函数。

简化此操作的模式是将构造函数声明为私有，并创建一个公共静态函数，该函数将构造对象，并在返回构造的对象之前调用Initialize()。这样，您就会知道有权访问该对象的每个人都使用了Initialize函数。

该示例显示了一个模仿所需异步构造函数的类

public MyClass
{
    public static async Task<MyClass> CreateAsync(...)
    {
        MyClass x = new MyClass();
        await x.InitializeAsync(...)
        return x;
    }

    // make sure no one but the Create function can call the constructor:
    private MyClass(){}

    private async Task InitializeAsync(...)
    {
        // do the async things you wanted to do in your async constructor
    }

    public async Task<int> OtherFunctionAsync(int a, int b)
    {
        return await ... // return something useful
    }

使用方法如下:

public async Task<int> SomethingAsync()
{
    // Create and initialize a MyClass object
    MyClass myObject = await MyClass.CreateAsync(...);

    // use the created object:
    return await myObject.OtherFunctionAsync(4, 7);
}

如果你让构造函数是异步的，在创建对象之后，你可能会遇到像空值而不是实例对象这样的问题。例如;

MyClass instance = new MyClass();
instance.Foo(); // null exception here

我猜这就是他们不允许这样做的原因。

我不熟悉async关键字(这是针对Silverlight还是Visual Studio测试版的新功能?)，但我想我可以告诉你为什么不能这样做。

如果我这样做:

var o = new MyObject();
MessageBox(o.SomeProperty.ToString());

在运行下一行代码之前，O可能无法完成初始化。在构造函数完成之前，不能分配对象的实例化，并且使构造函数异步不会改变这一点，那么重点是什么呢?然而，你可以从你的构造函数调用一个异步方法，然后你的构造函数就可以完成，你就可以在async方法仍然在做它需要做的事情来设置你的对象的时候得到你的实例化。

你可以在构造函数中使用Action

 public class ViewModel
    {
        public ObservableCollection<TData> Data { get; set; }
       public ViewModel()
        {              
            new Action(async () =>
            {
                  Data = await GetDataTask();
            }).Invoke();
        }

        public Task<ObservableCollection<TData>> GetDataTask()
        {
            Task<ObservableCollection<TData>> task;
            //Create a task which represents getting the data
            return task;
        }
    }