IDictionary.IsReadOnly Property (System.Collections)

IsReadOnly Property

.NET Framework Class Library

IDictionary..::.IsReadOnly Property

Gets a value indicating whether the IDictionary object is read-only.

Namespace: System.Collections
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

ReadOnly Property IsReadOnly As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As IDictionary
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.IsReadOnly

bool IsReadOnly { get; }

Visual C++

property bool IsReadOnly {
    bool get ();
}

JScript

function get IsReadOnly () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the IDictionary object is read-only; otherwise, false.

Remarks

A collection that is read-only does not allow the addition, removal, or modification of elements after the collection is created.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to implement the IsReadOnly property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IDictionary class.

Visual Basic

Public ReadOnly Property IsReadOnly() As Boolean Implements IDictionary.IsReadOnly
    Get
        Return False
    End Get
End Property

public bool IsReadOnly { get { return false; } }

Visual C++

public:
    property virtual bool IsReadOnly
    {
        bool get()
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

Platforms

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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

IDictionary Interface

IDictionary Members

System.Collections Namespace