Represents a pool of objects in which an object is automatically created when requested by its key. More...
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Inheritance diagram for Loyc.Collections.IAutoCreatePool< in in TKey, out out TValue >:
Remarks
Represents a pool of objects in which an object is automatically created when requested by its key.
- Template Parameters
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TKey Key type. TValue Value type.
This design assumes that the values in the pool know their own key, so it implements IEnumerable{TValue} rather than IEnumerable{KeyValuePair{TKey,TValue}}.
Properties | |
| TValue | this[TKey key] [get] |
| Gets or creates the value associated with the specified key. More... | |
Public Member Functions | |
| TValue | GetIfExists (TKey key) |
| Gets the item with the specified key, if it was created earlier. More... | |
Member Function Documentation
◆ GetIfExists()
| TValue Loyc.Collections.IAutoCreatePool< in in TKey, out out TValue >.GetIfExists | ( | TKey | key | ) |
Gets the item with the specified key, if it was created earlier.
- Returns
- The value corresponding to the specified key, or
default(TValue)if the value has not been created.
Property Documentation
◆ this[TKey key]
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get |
Gets or creates the value associated with the specified key.
- Exceptions
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ArgumentOutOfRangeException The key was not valid for this list.
- Parameters
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key A key object.
- Returns
- The associated value object, which is created automatically if it does not already exist.
