Defines methods to manipulate generic collections.
Namespace: System.Collections.Generic
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Interface ICollection(Of T)
Inherits IEnumerable(Of T), IEnumerable
Dim instance As ICollection(Of T)
public interface ICollection<T> : IEnumerable<T>, IEnumerable
generic<typename T>
public interface class ICollection : IEnumerable<T>, IEnumerable
J# supports the use of generic types and methods, but not the declaration of new ones.
JScript does not support generic types and methods.
Type Parameters
- T
The type of the elements in the collection.
Remarks
The ICollection interface is the base interface for classes in the System.Collections.Generic namespace.
The ICollection interface extends IEnumerable; IDictionary and IList are more specialized interfaces that extend ICollection. A IDictionary implementation is a collection of key/value pairs, like the Dictionary class. A IList implementation is a collection of values, and its members can be accessed by index, like the List class.
Some collections that limit access to their elements, like the Queue class and the Stack class, directly implement the ICollection interface.
If neither the IDictionary interface nor the IList interface meet the requirements of the required collection, derive the new collection class from the ICollection interface instead for more flexibility.
Platforms
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 2.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 1.0
See Also