作者:VB.NET开发
项目:System.Collections.Generi
' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Create a new sorted dictionary of strings, with string keys,
' and access it using the IDictionary interface.
'
Dim openWith As IDictionary = _
New SortedDictionary(Of String, String)
' Add some elements to the dictionary. There are no
' duplicate keys, but some of the values are duplicates.
' IDictionary.Add throws an exception if incorrect types
' are supplied for key or value.
openWith.Add("txt", "notepad.exe")
openWith.Add("bmp", "paint.exe")
openWith.Add("dib", "paint.exe")
openWith.Add("rtf", "wordpad.exe")
Try
openWith.Add(42, New Example())
Catch ex As ArgumentException
Console.WriteLine("An exception was caught for " & _
"IDictionary.Add. Exception message:" & vbLf _
& vbTab & ex.Message & vbLf)
End Try
' The Add method throws an exception if the new key is
' already in the dictionary.
Try
openWith.Add("txt", "winword.exe")
Catch
Console.WriteLine("An element with Key = ""txt"" already exists.")
End Try
' The Item property is the default property, so you
' can omit its name when accessing elements.
Console.WriteLine("For key = ""rtf"", value = {0}.", _
openWith("rtf"))
' The default Item property can be used to change the value
' associated with a key.
openWith("rtf") = "winword.exe"
Console.WriteLine("For key = ""rtf"", value = {0}.", _
openWith("rtf"))
' If a key does not exist, setting the default Item property
' for that key adds a new key/value pair.
openWith("doc") = "winword.exe"
' The default Item property returns Nothing if the key
' is of the wrong data type.
Console.WriteLine("The default Item property returns Nothing" _
& " if the key is of the wrong type:")
Console.WriteLine("For key = 2, value = {0}.", _
openWith(2))
' The default Item property throws an exception when setting
' a value if the key is of the wrong data type.
Try
openWith(2) = "This does not get added."
Catch
Console.WriteLine("A key of the wrong type was specified" _
& " when setting the default Item property.")
End Try
' Unlike the default Item property on the Dictionary class
' itself, IDictionary.Item does not throw an exception
' if the requested key is not in the dictionary.
Console.WriteLine("For key = ""tif"", value = {0}.", _
openWith("tif"))
' Contains can be used to test keys before inserting
' them.
If Not openWith.Contains("ht") Then
openWith.Add("ht", "hypertrm.exe")
Console.WriteLine("Value added for key = ""ht"": {0}", _
openWith("ht"))
End If
' IDictionary.Contains returns False if the wrong data
' type is supplied.
Console.WriteLine("openWith.Contains(29.7) returns {0}", _
openWith.Contains(29.7))
' When you use foreach to enumerate dictionary elements
' with the IDictionary interface, the elements are retrieved
' as DictionaryEntry objects instead of KeyValuePair objects.
Console.WriteLine()
For Each de As DictionaryEntry In openWith
Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, Value = {1}", _
de.Key, de.Value)
Next
' To get the values alone, use the Values property.
Dim icoll As ICollection = openWith.Values
' The elements of the collection are strongly typed
' with the type that was specified for dictionary values,
' even though the ICollection interface is not strongly
' typed.
Console.WriteLine()
For Each s As String In icoll
Console.WriteLine("Value = {0}", s)
Next s
' To get the keys alone, use the Keys property.
icoll = openWith.Keys
' The elements of the collection are strongly typed
' with the type that was specified for dictionary keys,
' even though the ICollection interface is not strongly
' typed.
Console.WriteLine()
For Each s As String In icoll
Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}", s)
Next s
' Use the Remove method to remove a key/value pair. No
' exception is thrown if the wrong data type is supplied.
Console.WriteLine(vbLf + "Remove(""dib"")")
openWith.Remove("dib")
If Not openWith.Contains("dib") Then
Console.WriteLine("Key ""dib"" is not found.")
End If
End Sub
End Class