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11/18/2011

DictionaryEntry Structure

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Defines a dictionary key/value pair that can be set or retrieved.

Namespace: System.Collections
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Structure DictionaryEntry

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public struct DictionaryEntry

The DictionaryEntry type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DictionaryEntry	Initializes an instance of the DictionaryEntry type with the specified key and value.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Key	Gets or sets the key in the key/value pair.
	Value	Gets or sets the value in the key/value pair.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)

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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. For example:

foreach (DictionaryEntry de in myHashtable) {...}

for each (DictionaryEntry^ de in myHashtable) {...}

For Each de As DictionaryEntry In myHashtable
   ...
Next de

The foreach statement is a wrapper around the enumerator, which only allows reading from, not writing to, the collection.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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.

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