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C# Dictionary with Named/Labeled Types

I've searched just about everywhere and not even sure it's possible, but what the hey, I thought I would see what you C# wizards might have for a solution or workaround.

TL;DR:

I have a multi-dimensional collection using C# dictionaries and want to indicate what each string in the dictionary is for, something like this:

private Dictionary<string: Area, Dictionary<string: Controller, string: Action>> ActionCollection;

Which of-course does not work. For now I'm just commenting the dictionary.

Suggestions, thoughts, ideas?

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Vippy Avatar asked Jan 18 '17 18:01

Vippy


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1 Answers

You cannot do that, but you could add a summary.

For example:

/// <summary>
/// Dictionary<Area, Dictionary<Controller, Action>>
/// </summary>
private Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>> ActionCollection;

These comments will show up in the intellisense.


Or:

If you want to extract info with reflection, you could use custom attributes


If it is just for readability, you could create aliases for it:

using Area = System.String;
using Controller = System.String;
using Action = System.String;

namespace MyApp
{
    public class MyClass
    {
        private Dictionary<Area, Dictionary<Controller, Action>> ActionCollection;
    }
}

But intellisense will show string

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Jeroen van Langen Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 00:09

Jeroen van Langen