Mega Code Archive
Uses the For Each statement which hides the complexity of the enumerator
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Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Public Class ROCollection
Inherits ReadOnlyCollectionBase
Public Sub New(sourceList As IList)
InnerList.AddRange(sourceList)
End Sub 'New
Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(index As Integer) As [Object]
Get
Return InnerList(index)
End Get
End Property
Public Function IndexOf(value As [Object]) As Integer
Return InnerList.IndexOf(value)
End Function
Public Function Contains(value As [Object]) As Boolean
Return InnerList.Contains(value)
End Function
End Class
Public Class SamplesCollectionBase
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim myAL As New ArrayList()
myAL.Add("A")
myAL.Add("B")
myAL.Add("C")
Dim myCol As New ROCollection(myAL)
PrintValues1(myCol)
Console.WriteLine("Contains yellow: {0}", myCol.Contains("yellow"))
Console.WriteLine("orange is at index {0}.", myCol.IndexOf("orange"))
End Sub 'Main
Public Shared Sub PrintValues1(myCol As ROCollection)
Dim obj As [Object]
For Each obj In myCol
Console.WriteLine(" {0}", obj)
Next obj
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub 'PrintValues1
End Class
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