ProcessDictionaryTKey, TValue Class

public class ProcessDictionary<TKey, TValue> : ProcessQueue<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>, 
	IDictionary<TKey, TValue>, ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>, 
	IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>, IEnumerable

Public Class ProcessDictionary(Of TKey, TValue)
	Inherits ProcessQueue(Of KeyValuePair(Of TKey, TValue))
	Implements IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue), ICollection(Of KeyValuePair(Of TKey, TValue)), 
	IEnumerable(Of KeyValuePair(Of TKey, TValue)), IEnumerable

generic<typename TKey, typename TValue>
public ref class ProcessDictionary : public ProcessQueue<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>, 
	IDictionary<TKey, TValue>, ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>, 
	IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>, IEnumerable

type ProcessDictionary<'TKey, 'TValue> = 
    class
        inherit ProcessQueue<KeyValuePair<'TKey, 'TValue>>
        interface IDictionary<'TKey, 'TValue>
        interface ICollection<KeyValuePair<'TKey, 'TValue>>
        interface IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<'TKey, 'TValue>>
        interface IEnumerable
    end

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Type Parameters

TKey

Type of keys used to reference process items.

TValue

Type of values to process.

This class acts as a strongly-typed sorted dictionary of objects to be processed.

Note that the ProcessDictionaryTKey, TValue will not start processing until the Start method is called.

Because this ProcessDictionaryTKey, TValue represents a dictionary style collection, all keys must be unique.

Be aware that this class is based on a DictionaryListTKey, TValue (i.e., a SortedListTKey, TValue that implements IListT), and since items in this kind of list are automatically sorted, items will be processed in "sorted" order regardless of the order in which they are added to the list.

Important note about using an "Integer" as the key for this class: because the ProcessDictionaryTKey, TValue base class must implement IList, a normal dictionary cannot be used for the base class. IDictionary implementations do not normally implement the IList interface because of ambiguity that is caused when implementing an integer key. For example, if you implement this class with a key of type "Integer," you will not be able to access items in the ProcessDictionaryTKey, TValue by index without "casting" the ProcessDictionaryTKey, TValue as IList. This is because the Item property in both the IDictionary and IList would have the same parameters (see the DictionaryListTKey, TValue class for more details.).

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