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NameObjectCollectionBase.BaseClear Method
Visual Studio 2010
Removes all entries from the NameObjectCollectionBase instance.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| NotSupportedException | The collection is read-only. |
Count is set to zero, and references to other objects from elements of the collection are also released.
This method is an O(1) operation.
The following code example uses BaseClear to remove all elements from a NameObjectCollectionBase.
Imports System Imports System.Collections Imports System.Collections.Specialized Public Class MyCollection Inherits NameObjectCollectionBase Private _de As New DictionaryEntry() ' Gets a key-and-value pair (DictionaryEntry) using an index. Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(index As Integer) As DictionaryEntry Get _de.Key = Me.BaseGetKey(index) _de.Value = Me.BaseGet(index) Return _de End Get End Property ' Adds elements from an IDictionary into the new collection. Public Sub New(d As IDictionary) Dim de As DictionaryEntry For Each de In d Me.BaseAdd(CType(de.Key, [String]), de.Value) Next de End Sub 'New ' Clears all the elements in the collection. Public Sub Clear() Me.BaseClear() End Sub 'Clear End Class 'MyCollection Public Class SamplesNameObjectCollectionBase Public Shared Sub Main() ' Creates and initializes a new MyCollection instance. Dim d = New ListDictionary() d.Add("red", "apple") d.Add("yellow", "banana") d.Add("green", "pear") Dim myCol As New MyCollection(d) Console.WriteLine("Initial state of the collection (Count = {0}):", myCol.Count) PrintKeysAndValues(myCol) ' Removes all elements from the collection. myCol.Clear() Console.WriteLine("After clearing the collection (Count = {0}):", myCol.Count) PrintKeysAndValues(myCol) End Sub 'Main Public Shared Sub PrintKeysAndValues(myCol As MyCollection) Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To myCol.Count - 1 Console.WriteLine("[{0}] : {1}, {2}", i, myCol(i).Key, myCol(i).Value) Next i End Sub 'PrintKeysAndValues End Class 'SamplesNameObjectCollectionBase 'This code produces the following output. ' 'Initial state of the collection (Count = 3): '[0] : red, apple '[1] : yellow, banana '[2] : green, pear 'After clearing the collection (Count = 0):
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
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