Is there anything terribly wrong with this?
or
(i.e., creating a new class instance in the same expression where you intend to use its methods)
VB.NET:
(New UTF8Encoding).GetString(Input)
or
VB.NET:
(New MD5CryptoServiceProvider).ComputeHash(InputBA)
(i.e., creating a new class instance in the same expression where you intend to use its methods)