/// <summary>
/// Creates a Dictionary from a list of key value pair lists.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="keyValuePairs">A list of paired lists representing Keys and Values.</param>
/// <returns name="Dictionary">A new dictionary object.</returns>
public static Dictionary ByKeyValuePairs(c.List<c.List<System.Object>> keyValuePairs)
{
c.Dictionary<string, System.Object> dict = new c.Dictionary<string, System.Object>();
foreach (c.List<System.Object> pair in keyValuePairs)
{
dict.Add((string)pair[0], pair[1]);
}
return new Dictionary(dict);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the dictionary into a list of key-value pair lists.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dict">A dictionary object</param>
/// <returns name="Keys+Values">Returns a list of key-value pair lists.</returns>
public static c.List<c.List<System.Object>> GetKeyValuePairs (Dictionary dict)
{
c.List< c.List <System.Object> > l = new c.List< c.List <System.Object> >();
c.List<string> k = new c.List<string>();
c.List<System.Object> v = new c.List<System.Object>();
foreach (c.KeyValuePair<string, System.Object> kvp in dict.internalDictionary)
{
l.Add(new c.List<System.Object>{kvp.Key, kvp.Value} );
}
return l;
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the values in the dictionary as a list.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dict">A dictionary object.</param>
/// <returns name="values">A list of values.</returns>
public static c.List<System.Object> GetValues(Dictionary dict)
{
c.ICollection<System.Object> values = dict.internalDictionary.Values;
c.List<System.Object> v = new c.List<System.Object>();
foreach (System.Object value in values)
{
v.Add(value);
}
return v;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a Dictionary made of key value pairs.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="keys">Keys to be used in the dictionary.</param>
/// <param name="values">Values in the dictionary.</param>
/// <returns name="Dictionary">A new dictionary object.</returns>
public static Dictionary ByKeysValues (c.List<string> keys, c.List<System.Object> values)
{
c.Dictionary<string, System.Object> dict = new c.Dictionary<string, System.Object>();
int i = 0;
int vLength = values.Count;
foreach (string key in keys)
{
if (i < vLength)
{
dict.Add(key, values[i]);
}
i++;
}
return new Dictionary(dict);
}
