/// <summary>
/// Creates a new list representing an array,
/// containing all values from the given dictionary representing a map <paramref name="map"/> from int to some values.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="map">A dictionary representing a map.</param>
/// <returns>A new list containing all values from <paramref name="map"/>.</returns>
public static IList MapAsArray(IDictionary map, IGraphModel model)
{
int max = 0;
foreach (int i in map.Keys)
{
if (i < 0)
{
throw new Exception("MapAsArray does not support negative indices");
}
max = Math.Max(max, i);
}
Type keyType;
Type valueType;
ContainerHelper.GetDictionaryTypes(map, out keyType, out valueType);
IList newList = NewList(valueType, max + 1); // yep, if the dict contains max int, contiguous 8GB are needed
// Add all values of dictionary representing map to new dictionary representing set
for (int i = 0; i < max + 1; ++i)
{
if (map.Contains(i))
{
newList.Add(map[i]);
}
else
{
newList.Add(TypesHelper.DefaultValue(valueType.Name, model));
}
}
return(newList);
}
