/// <summary>
/// Makes a deep clone of this dictionary. A new dictionary is created with a clone of
/// each entry of this dictionary, by calling ICloneable.Clone on each element. If TKey or TValue is
/// a value type, then each element is copied as if by simple assignment.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks><para>If TKey or TValue is a reference type, it must implement
/// ICloneable. Otherwise, an InvalidOperationException is thrown.</para>
/// <para>Cloning the dictionary takes time O(N log N), where N is the number of key-value pairs in the dictionary.</para></remarks>
/// <returns>The cloned dictionary.</returns>
/// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">TKey or TValue is a reference type that does not implement ICloneable.</exception>
public MultiDictionary <TKey, TValue> CloneContents()
{
bool keyIsValueType, valueIsValueType;
// Make sure that TKey and TValue can be cloned.
if (!CollectionUtil.IsCloneableType(typeof(TKey), out keyIsValueType))
{
NonCloneableType(typeof(TKey));
}
if (!CollectionUtil.IsCloneableType(typeof(TValue), out valueIsValueType))
{
NonCloneableType(typeof(TValue));
}
// It's tempting to do a more efficient cloning, utilizing the hash.Clone() method. However, we can't know that
// the cloned version of the key has the same hash value.
MultiDictionary <TKey, TValue> newDict = new MultiDictionary <TKey, TValue>(allowDuplicateValues, keyEqualityComparer, valueEqualityComparer);
foreach (KeyAndValues item in hash)
{
// Clone the key and values parts. Value types can be cloned
// by just copying them, otherwise, ICloneable is used.
TKey keyClone;
TValue[] valuesClone;
if (keyIsValueType)
{
keyClone = item.Key;
}
else
{
if (item.Key == null)
{
keyClone = default(TKey); // Really null, because we know TKey isn't a value type.
}
else
{
keyClone = (TKey)(((ICloneable)item.Key).Clone());
}
}
valuesClone = new TValue[item.Count];
if (valueIsValueType)
{
Array.Copy(item.Values, valuesClone, item.Count);
}
else
{
for (int i = 0; i < item.Count; ++i)
{
if (item.Values[i] == null)
{
valuesClone[i] = default(TValue); // Really null, because we know TKey isn't a value type.
}
else
{
valuesClone[i] = (TValue)(((ICloneable)item.Values[i]).Clone());
}
}
}
newDict.AddMany(keyClone, valuesClone);
}
return(newDict);
}
/// <summary>
/// Throws an NotSupportedException stating that this collection cannot be modified.
/// </summary>
private void MethodModifiesCollection()
{
throw new NotSupportedException(string.Format(Strings.CannotModifyCollection, CollectionUtil.SimpleClassName(this.GetType())));
}
public int GetHashCode(KeyAndValues obj)
{
return(CollectionUtil.GetHashCode(obj.Key, keyEqualityComparer));
}
public int GetHashCode(KeyValuePair <TKey, TValue> obj)
{
return(CollectionUtil.GetHashCode(obj.Key, keyEqualityComparer));
}
