Collection<T> Class

Provides helper methods and classes for metadata object collections.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.MetadataProvider.Collection<T>

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.MetadataProvider
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Collection(Of T As {Class, IMetadataObject})
'Usage

public static class Collection<T>
where T : class, IMetadataObject

generic<typename T>
where T : ref class, IMetadataObject 
public ref class Collection abstract sealed

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
[<SealedAttribute>]
type Collection<'T when 'T : not struct and IMetadataObject> =  class end

JScript does not support generic types and methods.

Type Parameters

• T
  The type of the elements in the collection.

The Collection<T> type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Empty	Gets a singleton, read-only, empty collection instance.
	EmptyOrdered	Gets a singleton, read-only, ordered collection instance.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	ApplyOnFirstAccess<C>	Applies the specified action on each element of the specified collection the first time the element is accessed.
	Convert<TDerived>	Creates a wrapper collection that can be used to access elements in the specified collection by using its base type.
	CopyToArray	Creates an array that contains all the items from the specified collection.
	CreateOrderedCollection(CollationInfo, T)	Creates an IMetadataOrderedCollection<T> object that contains the specified item.
	CreateOrderedCollection(CollationInfo, array<T[])	Creates an IMetadataOrderedCollection<T> object and copies all elements from the specified array.
	CreateOrderedCollection(CollationInfo, T, T)	Creates an IMetadataOrderedCollection<T> object that contains the two specified items.
	CreateOrderedCollection(CollationInfo, array<T[], Int32)	Creates an IMetadataOrderedCollection<T> object and copies a specified number of elements from the specified array.
	Filter	Creates a wrapper collection that filters out all the elements that do not match the conditions defined by the specified predicate.
	Merge(array<IMetadataCollection<T>[])	Merges the IMetadataCollection<T> objects into one collection.
	Merge(Boolean, array<IMetadataCollection<T>[])	Merges two or more collections into one collection.
	Merge(IMetadataCollection<T>, IMetadataCollection<T>)	Merges the two specified collections into one collection.
	Merge(Boolean, IMetadataCollection<T>, IMetadataCollection<T>)	Merges the two specified collections into one collection.

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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.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlParser.MetadataProvider Namespace