DictionaryExtensionsGetActualValueOrDefaultTKey, TValue, TActualValue(IDictionaryTKey, TValue, TKey, TActualValue) Method

Tries to get the typed value from a dictionary for the given key. In this method defaultValue can have a different type than TValue.
See the Examples section of the GetValueOrDefaultTActualValue(IDictionaryString, Object, String, TActualValue) method for some examples.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.CoreLibraries
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 9.0.0

C#

public static TActualValue GetActualValueOrDefault<TKey, TValue, TActualValue>(
	this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary,
	TKey key,
	TActualValue defaultValue
)
where TActualValue : TValue

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function GetActualValueOrDefault(Of TKey, TValue, TActualValue As TValue) ( 
	dictionary As IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue),
	key As TKey,
	defaultValue As TActualValue
) As TActualValue

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename TKey, typename TValue, typename TActualValue>
where TActualValue : TValue
static TActualValue GetActualValueOrDefault(
	IDictionary<TKey, TValue>^ dictionary, 
	TKey key, 
	TActualValue defaultValue
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member GetActualValueOrDefault : 
        dictionary : IDictionary<'TKey, 'TValue> * 
        key : 'TKey * 
        defaultValue : 'TActualValue -> 'TActualValue  when 'TActualValue : 'TValue

Parameters

dictionary IDictionaryTKey, TValue: The dictionary.
key TKey: The key whose value to get.
defaultValue TActualValue: The default value to return if key was not found or its actual type is not compatible with TActualValue.

Type Parameters

TKey: The type of the stored keys in the dictionary.
TValue: Type of the stored values in the dictionary.
TActualValue: The type of the value with the corresponding key to get.

Return Value

TActualValue
The found value or defaultValue if key was not found or its value cannot be cast to TActualValue.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IDictionaryTKey, TValue. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).