---
title: clsSAIFResult
summary: API reference for clsSAIFResult.
status: draft
owner: SAIF
last_reviewed: 2026-07-24
library: SAIF.Business
reference_type: package
---

# clsSAIFResult

`clsSAIFResult` is a public class in `SAIF.Business` that implements `ISAIFResult` and encapsulates a Boolean status together with a list of message strings.

## Purpose
- Provides a common result object that exposes a success or failure status.
- Carries one or more explanatory or validation messages alongside that status.
- Supports creation with either an explicit message list or an empty message list.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Business`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business`

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `Status` | `Public ReadOnly Property Status As Boolean Implements ISAIFResult.Status` | Returns the status value supplied when the result object was constructed. |
| `Messages` | `Public ReadOnly Property Messages As List(Of String) Implements ISAIFResult.Messages` | Returns the list of messages associated with the result. |
| `New` | `Public Sub New(ByVal status As Boolean, ByVal messages As List(Of String))` | Initializes the result with an explicit status and an optional message list. |
| `New` | `Public Sub New(ByVal status As Boolean)` | Initializes the result with an explicit status and an empty message list. |

## Behavioral notes
- `_messages` is initialized to a new empty `List(Of String)` before either constructor runs.
- The two-parameter constructor replaces the default empty list only when the supplied `messages` argument is not `Nothing`.
- Both constructors set `_status` directly from the provided `status` argument.

## Constraints and usage notes
- `Messages` exposes the underlying mutable `List(Of String)` instance rather than a read-only wrapper.
- Passing `Nothing` for the `messages` constructor argument does not raise an error; the object keeps its default empty list instead.

## Sources
- `Business\SAIF.Business\clsSAIFResult.vb`