Gets or sets the number of elements that the CollectionBase can contain.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
Public Property Capacity As Integer
Dim instance As CollectionBase
Dim value As Integer
value = instance.Capacity
instance.Capacity = value
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public int Capacity { get; set; }
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public:
property int Capacity {
int get ();
void set (int value);
}
public function get Capacity () : int
public function set Capacity (value : int)
Capacity is the number of elements that the CollectionBase can store. Count is the number of elements that are actually in the CollectionBase.
Capacity is always greater than or equal to Count. If Count exceeds Capacity while adding elements, the capacity is automatically increased by reallocating the internal array before copying the old elements and adding the new elements.
The capacity can be decreased by setting the Capacity property explicitly. When the value of Capacity is set explicitly, the internal array is also reallocated to accommodate the specified capacity.
Retrieving the value of this property is an O(1) operation; setting the property is an O(n) operation, where n is the new capacity.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
Reference