.NET Dictionary as a Property

Question

Can someone point me out to some C# code examples or provide some code, where a Dictionary has been used as a property for a Class.

The examples I have seen so far don\'

Answer 1

sample code:

public class MyClass
{
  public MyClass()
  {
    TheDictionary = new Dictionary();
  }

  // private setter so no-one can change the dictionary itself
  // so create it in the constructor
  public IDictionary TheDictionary { get; private set; }
}

sample usage:

MyClass mc = new MyClass();

mc.TheDictionary.Add(1, "one");
mc.TheDictionary.Add(2, "two");
mc.TheDictionary.Add(3, "three");

Console.WriteLine(mc.TheDictionary[2]);

EDIT

When you use C# version 6 or later, you can also use this:

public class MyClass
{
  // you don't need a constructor for this feature

  // no (public) setter so no-one can change the dictionary itself
  // it is set when creating a new instance of MyClass
  public IDictionary TheDictionary { get; } = new Dictionary();
}