Trying to build a custom collection.

[Ashaman]

I want to build a custom collection class for a business object (say, 'Customer').

 

With VB6, I would delegate to a Collection and get the benefit of referencing items in the collection be either Index or Key.

Trying to do the same thing with VB.Net, I tried to inherit 'System.Collections.CollectionBase', but it doesn't provide keys, just the index. So, I tried to inherit from 'System.Collections.Specialized.HybridDictionary', but it doesn't seem to provide the Index property.

 

Is there an object that I can inherit from that gives me both?

 

Thanks!

[PlausiblyDamp]

try

NameObjectCollectionBase - MSDN says these can be accessed by key or index

http://ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpref/html/frlrfSystemCollectionsSpecializedNameObjectCollectionBaseClassTopic.htm

 

never used it myself though...

[Ashaman]

You're awsome. At first glance, that appears to be *exactly* what I need. I feel silly that I couldn't find it, myself.

 

Cheers!