System.Collections.IDictionary.Item Property

Wintellect PowerCollections

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Gets the value associated with a given key. When getting a value, if this key is not found in the collection, then null is returned. If the key is not of the correct type for this dictionary, null is returned.

Namespace: Wintellect.PowerCollections
Assembly: PowerCollections (in PowerCollections.dll)

Syntax

C#
private Object IDictionary.Item[ Object key ]{ get; set;}

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Private Property System.Collections.IDictionary.Item ( _ key As Object _ ) As Object Implements IDictionary.Item

Visual C++
private: virtual property Object^ System.Collections.IDictionary.Item[Object^ key] { Object^ get (Object^ key) sealed = IDictionary::Item::get; void set (Object^ key, Object^ value) sealed = IDictionary::Item::set; }

Visual C++

private:
virtual property Object^ System.Collections.IDictionary.Item[Object^ key] {
	Object^ get (Object^ key) sealed = IDictionary::Item::get;
	void set (Object^ key, Object^ value) sealed = IDictionary::Item::set;
}

Parameters

key: Object

Field Value

The value associated with the key, or null if the key was not present.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
System..::NotSupportedException	Always thrown from the set accessor, indicating that the dictionary is read only.