PropertyCollection.IDictionary.Add(Object, Object) Method
Definition
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Adds an element with the provided key and value to the IDictionary object.
virtual void System.Collections.IDictionary.Add(System::Object ^ key, System::Object ^ value) = System::Collections::IDictionary::Add;void IDictionary.Add (object key, object value);abstract member System.Collections.IDictionary.Add : obj * obj -> unit
override this.System.Collections.IDictionary.Add : obj * obj -> unitSub Add (key As Object, value As Object) Implements IDictionary.AddParameters
Implements
Exceptions
key is null.
An element with the same key already exists in the IDictionary object.
Examples
The following example shows how to implement the Add method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IDictionary class.
public:
virtual void Add(Object^ key, Object^ value)
{
// Add the new key/value pair even if this key already exists
// in the dictionary.
if (itemsInUse == items->Length)
{
throw gcnew InvalidOperationException
("The dictionary cannot hold any more items.");
}
items[itemsInUse++] = gcnew DictionaryEntry(key, value);
}
public void Add(object key, object value)
{
// Add the new key/value pair even if this key already exists in the dictionary.
if (ItemsInUse == items.Length)
throw new InvalidOperationException("The dictionary cannot hold any more items.");
items[ItemsInUse++] = new DictionaryEntry(key, value);
}
Public Sub Add(ByVal key As Object, ByVal value As Object) Implements IDictionary.Add
' Add the new key/value pair even if this key already exists in the dictionary.
If ItemsInUse = items.Length Then
Throw New InvalidOperationException("The dictionary cannot hold any more items.")
End If
items(ItemsInUse) = New DictionaryEntry(key, value)
ItemsInUse = ItemsInUse + 1
End Sub
Remarks
You can also use the Item[] property to add new elements by setting the value of a key that does not exist in the dictionary (for example, myCollection["myNonexistentKey"] = myValue). However, if the specified key already exists in the dictionary, setting the Item[] property overwrites the old value. In contrast, the Add method does not modify existing elements.
