/// <summary>
/// Intersects two COHashTables and produces a COHashTable.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="otherTable">Hashtable to intersect with</param>
/// <returns>Returns empty if no common object exist.</returns>
public COHashTable <T> IntersectToHashTable(COHashTable <T> otherTable)
{
COHashTable <T> smaller, bigger;
if (this.Count > otherTable.Count)
{
smaller = otherTable;
bigger = this;
}
else
{
smaller = this;
bigger = otherTable;
}
var ret = new COHashTable <T>(smaller.Count);
var intersection =
from co in smaller.Objects
where bigger.Contains(co)
select co;
foreach (var co in intersection)
{
ret.Add(co);
}
return(ret);
}
/// <summary>
/// Union of two or more COHashtables
/// </summary>
/// <param name="otherTables"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public COHashTable <T> Union(COHashTable <T>[] otherTables)
{
int maxSize = this.Count;
if (Object.ReferenceEquals(otherTables, null))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("otherTables");
}
else
{
maxSize += otherTables.Sum(t => t.Count);
}
COHashTable <T> ret = this.Clone();
foreach (COHashTable <T> table in otherTables)
{
foreach (T co in table.Objects)
{
ret.Add(co);
}
}
return(ret);
}
