/// <summary>
/// Converts the collection to a read-only array.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of array elements.</typeparam>
/// <param name="collection">the collection of elements</param>
/// <returns>an read only array instance containing the elements in the collection.</returns>
public static ReadOnlyArray <T> ToReadOnlyArray <T>(this IEnumerable <T> collection)
{
Contract.Requires(collection != null);
Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result <ReadOnlyArray <T> >().IsValid);
return(ReadOnlyArray <T> .From(collection));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates an instance of this structure.
/// </summary>
public static ItemResources Create(int[] semaphoreIncrements)
{
// chop off trailing zeros to normalize
if (semaphoreIncrements != null)
{
for (int i = semaphoreIncrements.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
if (semaphoreIncrements[i] != 0)
{
return(new ItemResources(ReadOnlyArray <int> .From(semaphoreIncrements, 0, i + 1)));
}
}
}
return(Empty);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the collection to a read-only array.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of array elements.</typeparam>
/// <param name="collection">the collection of elements</param>
/// <returns>an read only array instance containing the elements in the collection.</returns>
public static ReadOnlyArray<T> ToReadOnlyArray<T>(this IEnumerable<T> collection)
{
Contract.RequiresNotNull(collection);
return ReadOnlyArray<T>.From(collection);
}