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Add one dictionary items into another Copy all the first dictionarys items into the second dictionary
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#region License and Copyright
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#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.Collections
{
///
/// <summary>
///
/// This utility class extends the operations for manipulating
/// Dictionary collections.
///
///
/// </summary>
///
public class DictionaryUtils
{
private DictionaryUtils()
{
}
#region Utility Methods
/// <summary>
/// Add one dictionary items into another. Copy all the first dictionary's
/// items into the second dictionary.
///
/// There are also no type checking done while copying
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="firstDict">Source dictionary to copy from</param>
/// <param name="secondDict">Destination to add to</param>
/// <param name="bReplaceIfExists">Replace the object if already exists in the destination</param>
public static void Add(IDictionary firstDict,
ref IDictionary secondDict,
bool bReplaceIfExists)
{
foreach (object key in firstDict.Keys)
{
if (!secondDict.Contains(key))
secondDict.Add(key, firstDict[key]);
else if (bReplaceIfExists)
secondDict[key] = firstDict[key];
}
}
#endregion
}
}
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