Class DictionaryEx

Provides static extension methods to augment the functionality of dictionary types.

public static class DictionaryEx

Inherited Members: object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Methods

Retrieves the value associated with the specified key from the dictionary, or returns the provided default value if the key is not found.

public static TV? GetValue<TK, TV>(this IDictionary<TK, TV> dict, TK key, TV? defaultValue = default)

dict IDictionary<TK, TV>: The dictionary to search for the key.
key TK: The key whose associated value should be returned.
defaultValue TV: The value to return when the key is not present in the dictionary. Defaults to the default value of TV.

Converts a dictionary into a formatted string by joining each key-value pair with a key separator and concatenating all pairs with an item separator.

public static string ToListString<TK, TV>(this IDictionary<TK, TV> dict, string itemSeparator = ", ", string keySeparator = ": ")

dict IDictionary<TK, TV>: The source dictionary whose entries will be converted to a string.
itemSeparator string: The separator placed between each formatted key-value pair in the resulting string.
keySeparator string: The separator placed between a key and its corresponding value within each pair.

string: A single string containing all dictionary entries formatted and joined using the specified separators.

Attempts to retrieve the value associated with the specified key from the dictionary, returning null if the key is not found.

public static TValue? TryGetAndReturn<TKey, TValue>(this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary, TKey key) where TKey : notnull where TValue : class

dictionary IDictionary<TKey, TValue>: The dictionary to search for the key.
key TKey: The key whose associated value should be retrieved.

TValue: The value associated with the key, or null if the key was not found in the dictionary.