Limit the size of List(Of T) - VB.NET

Question

I am trying to limit the size of my generic list so that after it contains a certain amount of values, it won\'t add any more.

I am trying to do this using the Capac

Answer 1

You'll want to derive a new LimitedList and shadow the adding methods. Something like this will get you started.

public class LimitedList : List
{
    private int limit;

    public LimitedList(int limit)
    {
        this.limit = limit;
    }

    public new void Add(T item)
    {
        if (Count < limit)
            base.Add(item);
    }
}

Just realised you're in VB, I'll translate shortly

Edit See Jared's for a VB version. I'll leave this here in case someone wants a C# version to get started with.

For what it's worth mine takes a slightly different approach as it extends the List class rather than encapsulating it. Which approach you want to use depends on your situation.