DictionaryExtensionsGetOrAddTKey, TValue(IDictionaryTKey, TValue, TKey, TValue) Method

Adds a key/value pair to the dictionary if the key does not already exist, and returns either the added or the existing value. The operation is thread safe if dictionary is a ThreadSafeDictionaryTKey, TValue, ConcurrentDictionaryTKey, TValue or LockingDictionaryTKey, TValue instance. For other IDictionaryTKey, TValue implementations the caller should care about thread safety if needed.

Definition

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

C#

public static TValue GetOrAdd<TKey, TValue>(
	this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary,
	TKey key,
	TValue addValue
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function GetOrAdd(Of TKey, TValue) ( 
	dictionary As IDictionary(Of TKey, TValue),
	key As TKey,
	addValue As TValue
) As TValue

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename TKey, typename TValue>
static TValue GetOrAdd(
	IDictionary<TKey, TValue>^ dictionary, 
	TKey key, 
	TValue addValue
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member GetOrAdd : 
        dictionary : IDictionary<'TKey, 'TValue> * 
        key : 'TKey * 
        addValue : 'TValue -> 'TValue

Parameters

dictionary IDictionaryTKey, TValue: The target dictionary.
key TKey: The key of the element to add or whose value should be returned.
addValue TValue: The value to be added, if the key does not already exist.

Type Parameters

TKey: The type of the keys in the dictionary.
TValue: The type of the values in the dictionary.

Return Value

TValue
The value for the key. This will be either the existing value for the key if the key is already in the dictionary, or the specified addValue if the key was not in the dictionary.

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).

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	dictionary or key is .
NotSupportedException	key was not present in the dictionary, which is read-only.