Public Shared Function GetData( _
   ByVal dataType As Type _
) As List(Of Object)

Dim dataType As Type
Dim value As List(Of Object)
 
value = DataProvider.GetData(dataType)

public static List<object> GetData( 
   Type dataType
)

public function GetData( 
    dataType: Type
): List; static; 

public static function GetData( 
   dataType : Type
) : List;

public: static List<Object*>* GetData( 
   Type* dataType
) 

public:
static List<Object^>^ GetData( 
   Type^ dataType
)