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BaseCollection Class

Provides the base functionality for creating data-related collections in the System.Windows.Forms namespace.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
public class BaseCollection : MarshalByRefObject, 
	ICollection, IEnumerable

The BaseCollection type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method BaseCollection Initializes a new instance of the BaseCollection class.
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  Name Description
Public property Count Gets the total number of elements in the collection.
Public property IsReadOnly Gets a value indicating whether the collection is read-only.
Public property IsSynchronized Gets a value indicating whether access to the ICollection is synchronized.
Protected property List Gets the list of elements contained in the BaseCollection instance.
Public property SyncRoot Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the BaseCollection.
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  Name Description
Public method CopyTo Copies all the elements of the current one-dimensional Array to the specified one-dimensional Array starting at the specified destination Array index.
Public method CreateObjRef Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetEnumerator Gets the object that enables iterating through the members of the collection.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetLifetimeService Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method InitializeLifetimeService Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone() Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone(Boolean) Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Public Extension Method AsParallel Enables parallelization of a query. (Defined by ParallelEnumerable.)
Public Extension Method AsQueryable Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
Public Extension Method Cast<TResult> Casts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
Public Extension Method OfType<TResult> Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
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The BaseCollection class is not intended for use by application developers. Application developers should use CollectionBase instead.

The BaseCollection class implements the ICollection interface.

Classes that derive from the BaseCollection class include:

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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