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AlgorithmsTypedAsT Method (ICollection)
Given a non-generic ICollection interface, wrap a generic ICollection<T> interface around it. The generic interface will enumerate the same objects as the underlying non-generic collection, but can be used in places that require a generic interface. The underlying non-generic collection must contain only items that are of type T or a type derived from it. This method is useful when interfacing older, non-generic collections to newer code that uses generic interfaces.

Namespace: X3Platform.Collections
Assembly: X3Platform.Support (in X3Platform.Support.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (2.0.0.0)
Syntax
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public static ICollection<T> TypedAs<T>(
	ICollection untypedCollection
)

Parameters

untypedCollection
Type: System.CollectionsICollection
An untyped collection. This collection should only contain items of type T or a type derived from it.

Type Parameters

T
The item type of the wrapper collection.

Return Value

Type: ICollectionT
A generic ICollection<T> wrapper around untypedCollection. If untypedCollection is null, then null is returned.
Remarks

Some collections implement both generic and non-generic interfaces. For efficiency, this method will first attempt to cast untypedCollection to ICollection<T>. If that succeeds, it is returned; otherwise, a wrapper object is created.

Unlike the generic interface, the non-generic ICollection interfaces does not contain methods for adding or removing items from the collection. For this reason, the returned ICollection<T> will be read-only.

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