|   | CollectionExtensionsAddOrUpdateTKey, TValue(IDictionaryTKey, TValue, TKey, TValue) Method | 
        
        
        
        Namespace: GSF.CollectionsAssembly: GSF.Core (in GSF.Core.dll) Version: 2.4.257-beta+00aa2366fbb9ec75f636ebc7cfa610e3826a727c
 Syntax
Syntaxpublic static TValue AddOrUpdate<TKey, TValue>(
	this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary,
	TKey key,
	TValue value
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function AddOrUpdate(Of TKey, TValue) ( 
	dictionary As IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue),
	key As TKey,
	value As TValue
) As TValue
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename TKey, typename TValue>
static TValue AddOrUpdate(
	IDictionary<TKey, TValue>^ dictionary, 
	TKey key, 
	TValue value
)
JavaScript does not support generic types or methods.
Parameters
- dictionary  IDictionaryTKey, TValue
- The dictionary to add the key/value pair to if the key does not already exist.
- key  TKey
- The key to be added or updated.
- value  TValue
- The value to be assigned to the key.
Type Parameters
- TKey
- The type of the keys in the dictionary.
- TValue
- The type of the values in the dictionary.
Return Value
TValueThe value of the key in the dictionary after updating.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type 
IDictionaryTKey, 
TValue. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see 
Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or 
Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
 See Also
See Also