OrderedDictionaryTKey, TValueGetOrAdd(TKey, TValue) Method

Adds a key/value pair to the OrderedDictionaryTKey, TValue if the key does not already exist as an O(1) operation.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Collections
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490
public TValue GetOrAdd(
	TKey key,
	TValue value
)

Parameters

key  TKey
The key of the element to add.
value  TValue
The value to be added, if the key does not already exist.

Return Value

TValue
The value for the key. This will be either the existing value for the key if the key is already in the dictionary, or the new value if the key was not in the dictionary.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullExceptionkey is null.

See Also