Collection

6 Jan 2006 9:13 PM

Mike

Hi guys;

I created a class that inherits from DictionaryBase class.
The thing is that I want to allow the user when using my class to enter
duplicate keys in the collection like;

Dim myCl as new MyDictionary
myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject)
myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject2)
myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject3)

how can I achieve this inhering from DictionaryBase?

Thanks guys!

6 Jan 2006 9:58 PM

Kerry Moorman

Mike,

I think that all of the .Net key-value collections require unique, non-null
keys.

Kerry Moorman

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"Mike" wrote:

> Hi guys;
>
> I created a class that inherits from DictionaryBase class.
> The thing is that I want to allow the user when using my class to enter
> duplicate keys in the collection like;
>
> Dim myCl as new MyDictionary
> myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject)
> myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject2)
> myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject3)
>
> how can I achieve this inhering from DictionaryBase?
>
> Thanks guys!
>
>
>

7 Jan 2006 12:48 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Kerry Moorman" <KerryMoor***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> I think that all of the .Net key-value collections require unique,
> non-null
> keys.

Exception: The 'NamedValueCollection' which store all values for a certain
key in a single string. However, this is not a very flexible solution.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
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8 Jan 2006 10:14 AM

m.posseth

maybe i am thinking to simplistic here :-)

but why don`t you just add the objects to a object array and store them
under one name in the dictionary

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]

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"Mike" <m***@hitnext.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys;
>
> I created a class that inherits from DictionaryBase class.
> The thing is that I want to allow the user when using my class to enter
> duplicate keys in the collection like;
>
> Dim myCl as new MyDictionary
> myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject)
> myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject2)
> myCl.Dictionary.Add("Mike", AnObject3)
>
> how can I achieve this inhering from DictionaryBase?
>
> Thanks guys!
>
>