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Defines a dictionary key/value pair that can be set or retrieved.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System. . :: . .Object
System.Collections..::..DictionaryEntry
Namespace: System.Collections
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class DictionaryEntry
public class DictionaryEntry
public ref class DictionaryEntry
type DictionaryEntry = class end
public class DictionaryEntry
The DictionaryEntry type exposes the following members.
Constructors
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DictionaryEntry | Initializes an instance of the DictionaryEntry type with the specified key and value. |
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Methods
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Fields
| Name | Description | |
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Key | The key in the key/value pair. |
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Value | The value in the key/value pair. |
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Remarks
The IDictionaryEnumerator.Entry method returns an instance of this type.
The foreach statement of the C# language (for each in Visual C++, For Each in Visual Basic) requires the type of each element in the collection. Since each element of the IDictionary is a key/value pair, the element type is not the type of the key or the type of the value. Instead, the element type is DictionaryEntry.
The foreach statement is a wrapper around the enumerator, which only allows reading from, not writing to, the collection.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.