File: System\Collections\Specialized\StringDictionary.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
 
using System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization;
 
namespace System.Collections.Specialized
{
    /// <devdoc>
    ///    <para>Implements a hashtable with the key strongly typed to be
    ///       a string rather than an object. </para>
    ///    <para>Consider this class obsolete - use Dictionary&lt;String, String&gt; instead
    ///       with a proper StringComparer instance.</para>
    /// </devdoc>
    [Serializable]
    [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TypeForwardedFrom("System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089")]
    [DesignerSerializer("System.Diagnostics.Design.StringDictionaryCodeDomSerializer, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a",
                        "System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializer, System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
    public class StringDictionary : IEnumerable
    {
        // For compatibility, we want the Keys property to return values in lower-case.
        // That means using ToLower in each property on this type.  Also for backwards
        // compatibility, we will be converting strings to lower-case, which has a
        // problem for some Georgian alphabets.
        private readonly Hashtable contents = new Hashtable(); // Do not rename (binary serialization)
 
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Initializes a new instance of the StringDictionary class.</para>
        /// <para>If you're using file names, registry keys, etc, you want to use
        /// a Dictionary&lt;String, Object&gt; and use
        /// StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public StringDictionary()
        {
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Gets the number of key-and-value pairs in the StringDictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual int Count
        {
            get
            {
                return contents.Count;
            }
        }
 
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Indicates whether access to the StringDictionary is synchronized (thread-safe). This property is
        ///    read-only.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual bool IsSynchronized
        {
            get
            {
                return contents.IsSynchronized;
            }
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>Gets or sets the value associated with the specified key.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual string? this[string key]
        {
            get
            {
                ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(key);
 
                return (string?)contents[key.ToLowerInvariant()];
            }
            set
            {
                ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(key);
 
                contents[key.ToLowerInvariant()] = value;
            }
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Gets a collection of keys in the StringDictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual ICollection Keys
        {
            get
            {
                return contents.Keys;
            }
        }
 
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the StringDictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual object SyncRoot
        {
            get
            {
                return contents.SyncRoot;
            }
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Gets a collection of values in the StringDictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual ICollection Values
        {
            get
            {
                return contents.Values;
            }
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Adds an entry with the specified key and value into the StringDictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual void Add(string key, string? value)
        {
            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(key);
 
            contents.Add(key.ToLowerInvariant(), value);
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Removes all entries from the StringDictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual void Clear()
        {
            contents.Clear();
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>Determines if the string dictionary contains a specific key</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual bool ContainsKey(string key)
        {
            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(key);
 
            return contents.ContainsKey(key.ToLowerInvariant());
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Determines if the StringDictionary contains a specific value.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual bool ContainsValue(string? value)
        {
            return contents.ContainsValue(value);
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        /// <para>Copies the string dictionary values to a one-dimensional <see cref='System.Array'/> instance at the
        ///    specified index.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual void CopyTo(Array array, int index)
        {
            contents.CopyTo(array, index);
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>Returns an enumerator that can iterate through the string dictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
        {
            return contents.GetEnumerator();
        }
 
        /// <devdoc>
        ///    <para>Removes the entry with the specified key from the string dictionary.</para>
        /// </devdoc>
        public virtual void Remove(string key)
        {
            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(key);
 
            contents.Remove(key.ToLowerInvariant());
        }
    }
}