Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Namespace DesignLibrary

   Public Class IntegerCollections

      Sub NonNestedCollection(collection As ICollection(Of Integer))

         For Each I As Integer In DirectCast( _ 
            collection, IEnumerable(Of Integer))

            Console.WriteLine(I)

         Next 

      End Sub

      ' This method violates the rule.
      Sub NestedCollection( _ 
         outerCollection As ICollection(Of ICollection(Of Integer)))

         For Each innerCollection As ICollection(Of Integer) In _ 
            DirectCast(outerCollection, _ 
                       IEnumerable(Of ICollection(Of Integer)))

            For Each I As Integer In _ 
               DirectCast(innerCollection, IEnumerable(Of Integer))

               Console.WriteLine(I)

            Next

         Next

      End Sub

   End Class

   Class Test

      Shared Sub Main()

         Dim collections As New IntegerCollections()

         Dim integerListA As New List(Of Integer)()
         integerListA.Add(1)
         integerListA.Add(2)
         integerListA.Add(3)

         collections.NonNestedCollection(integerListA)

         Dim integerListB As New List(Of Integer)()
         integerListB.Add(4)
         integerListB.Add(5)
         integerListB.Add(6)

         Dim integerListC As New List(Of Integer)()
         integerListC.Add(7)
         integerListC.Add(8)
         integerListC.Add(9)

         Dim nestedIntegerLists As New List(Of ICollection(Of Integer))()
         nestedIntegerLists.Add(integerListA)
         nestedIntegerLists.Add(integerListB)
         nestedIntegerLists.Add(integerListC)

         collections.NestedCollection(nestedIntegerLists)

      End Sub

   End Class

End Namespace

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace DesignLibrary
{
   public class IntegerCollections
   {
      public void NotNestedCollection(ICollection<int> collection)
      {
         foreach(int i in collection)
         {
            Console.WriteLine(i);
         }
      }

      // This method violates the rule.
      public void NestedCollection(
         ICollection<ICollection<int>> outerCollection)
      {
         foreach(ICollection<int> innerCollection in outerCollection)
         {
            foreach(int i in innerCollection)
            {
               Console.WriteLine(i);
            }
         }
      }
   }

   class Test
   {
      static void Main()
      {
         IntegerCollections collections = new IntegerCollections();

         List<int> integerListA = new List<int>();
         integerListA.Add(1);
         integerListA.Add(2);
         integerListA.Add(3);

         collections.NotNestedCollection(integerListA);

         List<int> integerListB = new List<int>();
         integerListB.Add(4);
         integerListB.Add(5);
         integerListB.Add(6);

         List<int> integerListC = new List<int>();
         integerListC.Add(7);
         integerListC.Add(8);
         integerListC.Add(9);

         List<ICollection<int>> nestedIntegerLists = 
            new List<ICollection<int>>();
         nestedIntegerLists.Add(integerListA);
         nestedIntegerLists.Add(integerListB);
         nestedIntegerLists.Add(integerListC);

         collections.NestedCollection(nestedIntegerLists);
      }
   }
}