IHashtable

Description

The IHashtable interface is a set of interrelated keys and values based on key hash code.

Inheritance Hierarchy

          IEnumerable

          ICollection

          IDictionary

          IHashtable

Comments

When an element is added to the IHashtable collection, it is placed to the certain segment depending on the key hash code. The further key search is executed only in the certain segment with using of the key hash code. Thus, it strongly reduces the number of operations of key comparison, which is required to find the element.

Properties inherited from IDictionary

	Property name	Brief description
	Item	The Item property determines value of glossary element.
	Keys	The Keys property returns an object that contains the collection of glossary keys.
	Values	The Values property returns the object that contains the collection of the values of the glossary elements.

Properties inherited from ICollection

	Property name	Brief description
	Count	The Count property returns the number of array elements.

Methods

	Method name	Brief description
	Clone	The Clone method creates a copy of hash table.
	ContainsKey	The ContainsKey method checks if an element by the key exists.
	ContainsValue	The ContainsValue method checks if an element by the value exists.

Methods inherited from IDictionary

	Method name	Brief description
	Add	The Add method adds an element to glossary.
	Clear	The Clear method clears the glossary.
	Contains	The Contains method checks if the element with the Key key exists.
	Remove	The Remove method removes element with the Key key.

Methods inherited from ICollection

	Method name	Brief description
	CopyTo	The CopyTo method copies the collection into an array.

See also:

Collections Assembly Interfaces