/// <summary>
/// Sets the value at a given key.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictionary">a dictionary</param>
/// <param name="key">A key in the dictionary.</param>
/// <param name="value">The value to set</param>
/// <returns name="dictionary">The modified dictionary. Returns null if no key is found.</returns>
public static Dictionary SetValueAtKey(Dictionary dictionary, string key, System.Object value)
{
c.Dictionary<string, System.Object> unwrapped = Dictionary.UnwrapDictionary(dictionary);
if (dictionary.internalDictionary.ContainsKey(key))
{
dictionary.internalDictionary.Remove(key);
dictionary.internalDictionary.Add(key, value);
return dictionary;
}
else { return null; }
}
/// <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>
/// Prints the Dictionary as a string.
/// </summary>
/// <returns name="string">Converts to a string.</returns>
public override string ToString()
{
c.Dictionary<string, System.Object> dict = this.internalDictionary;
Type t = typeof(Dictionary);
string s = "";
s = string.Concat(s, t.Namespace, ".", GetType().Name);
int i = 0;
foreach (c.KeyValuePair<string, System.Object> keyValue in dict)
{
s = string.Concat(s, string.Format("\n {0} Key-> \"{1}\", Value-> {2}", i, keyValue.Key, keyValue.Value));
i++;
}
return s;
}
/// <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);
}
/// <summary>
/// Wraps a .Net Dictionary object into a Synthetic.Core.Dictionary object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dotNetDictionary">.Net Dictionary object.</param>
/// <returns name="dictionary">Returns a A Synthetic.Core.Dictionary object.</returns>
public static Dictionary Wrap(c.Dictionary<string, System.Object> dotNetDictionary)
{
return new Dictionary(dotNetDictionary);
}
internal Dictionary()
{
internalDictionary = new c.Dictionary<string,System.Object>();
}
internal Dictionary (c.Dictionary<string,System.Object> d)
{
internalDictionary = d;
}
