Can I use collection initializers with a NameValueCollection?

Question

Is there a way to initialize a NVC using C# collection initializer syntax:

NameValueCollection nvc = new NameValueCollection() { ("a", "1"), ("b", "2") }; 

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes; just uses braces instead of parentheses.

var nvc = new NameValueCollection { {"a", "1"}, {"b", "2"} }; 

You can call Add methods with arbitrary sets of parameters using the syntax.

Answer 2

You can use collection initializers with everything that has Add method. Yeah, duck typing. If Add has more then 1 param put tuples in curly bracets:

NameValueCollection nvc = new NameValueCollection() { { "a", "1" }, { "b", "2" } };