DictionaryEntry Structure
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Defines a dictionary key/value pair that can be set or retrieved.
Namespace: System.Collections
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Structure DictionaryEntry
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public struct DictionaryEntry
The DictionaryEntry type exposes the following members.
Constructors
| Name | Description | |
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DictionaryEntry | Initializes an instance of the DictionaryEntry type with the specified key and value. |
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Properties
| Name | Description | |
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Key | Gets or sets the key in the key/value pair. |
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Value | Gets or sets the value in the key/value pair. |
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Methods
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Equals | Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.) |
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Remarks
The IDictionaryEnumerator.Entry method returns an instance of this type.
The foreach statement of the C# language (for each in Visual C++, For Each in Visual Basic) requires the type of each element in the collection. Since each element of the IDictionary is a key/value pair, the element type is not the type of the key or the type of the value. Instead, the element type is DictionaryEntry. For example:
foreach (DictionaryEntry de in myHashtable) {...}
for each (DictionaryEntry^ de in myHashtable) {...}
For Each de As DictionaryEntry In myHashtable
...
Next de
The foreach statement is a wrapper around the enumerator, which only allows reading from, not writing to, the collection.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.