CollectionExtensionsMergeT, TKey, TValue(T, IDictionaryTKey, TValue) Method

Merges elements of multiple dictionaries into a single dictionary with no duplicate key values overwritten.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Collections.CollectionExtensions
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490

C#View Source Request Example

public static T Merge<T, TKey, TValue>(
	this T source,
	params IDictionary<TKey, TValue>[] others
)
where T : new(), Object, IDictionary<TKey, TValue>

VBView Source Request Example

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Merge(Of T As {New, Object, IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue)}, TKey, TValue) ( 
	source As T,
	ParamArray others As IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue)()
) As T

C++View Source Request Example

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename T, typename TKey, typename TValue>
where T : gcnew(), Object, IDictionary<TKey, TValue>
static T Merge(
	T source, 
	... array<IDictionary<TKey, TValue>^>^ others
)

JavaScriptView Source Request Example

JavaScript does not support generic types or methods.

Parameters

source T: Source dictionary to merge with another dictionary.
others IDictionaryTKey, TValue: Other dictionaries to merge with source dictionary.

Type Parameters

T: Type of IDictionaryTKey, TValue to merge.
TKey: Type of IDictionaryTKey, TValue keys.
TValue: Type of IDictionaryTKey, TValue values.

Return Value

T
A merged collection of all unique dictionary elements, all others merged left to the source with no duplicate key values overwritten (i.e., first encountered key value pair is the one that remains in the returned merged dictionary).

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type T. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).