Why are there no indexed properties in C#?
For example:
class blah
{
public Node Child[index]
{
get
{
..... some code
return someNode[index];
}
set
{
... some code
someNode[index] = value;
}
}
I prefer to not return a reference to the entire data structure containing
the nodes. Also, doing so prevents me from having much control over
exactly what I am returning, unless it is always just blatantly
someNode[index]. 8 1585
Russell Bearden wrote: Why are there no indexed properties in C#?
There is but you only get one:
this[index]
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Well, there are indexers.
public Node this[index]{
...
}
You can even overload the indexers
public Node this[index, str]{
...
}
Indexers compile into properties in the CLR.
"Russell Bearden" <ru***@mail.ute xas.edu> wrote in message
news:c0******** **@geraldo.cc.u texas.edu... Why are there no indexed properties in C#?
For example:
class blah { public Node Child[index] { get { ..... some code return someNode[index]; } set { ... some code someNode[index] = value; } }
I prefer to not return a reference to the entire data structure containing the nodes. Also, doing so prevents me from having much control over exactly what I am returning, unless it is always just blatantly someNode[index].
> Well, there are indexers. public Node this[index]{ ... }
You can even overload the indexers
public Node this[index, str]{ ... }
Indexers compile into properties in the CLR.
No, he was asking for "Named Indexers". Such a thing does not exist in C#
and I wonder why, since in VB.NET they are there.
It would be a great thing having them in C#, they would make things a lot
easier.
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cody
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I know there is a difference between properties with parameters and indexer.
I am also familiar with the VB method of doing things.
His example implied the use of indexers (although me may not have been aware
of such a construct). He wanted something like "return someNode[index]"
which is the exact syntax for indexers. Now, I do not know what you mean by
named indexers since C# does not use the name of the index property anyway
(the property by default is named Item). You can change the name that other
systems see by using IndexNameAttrib ute.
"cody" <do************ *********@gmx.d e> wrote in message
news:uB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Well, there are indexers.
public Node this[index]{ ... }
You can even overload the indexers
public Node this[index, str]{ ... }
Indexers compile into properties in the CLR.
No, he was asking for "Named Indexers". Such a thing does not exist in C# and I wonder why, since in VB.NET they are there. It would be a great thing having them in C#, they would make things a lot easier.
-- cody
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The OP wanted to have functionality like this:
NodeChild nc = myNode.Child[10];
Without having to return an array. What he wanted, was a named indexer, not
the anonymous one that C# provides.
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cody
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"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.r illing.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ur******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... I know there is a difference between properties with parameters and
indexer. I am also familiar with the VB method of doing things.
His example implied the use of indexers (although me may not have been
aware of such a construct). He wanted something like "return someNode[index]" which is the exact syntax for indexers. Now, I do not know what you mean
by named indexers since C# does not use the name of the index property anyway (the property by default is named Item). You can change the name that
other systems see by using IndexNameAttrib ute.
"cody" <do************ *********@gmx.d e> wrote in message news:uB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Well, there are indexers.
public Node this[index]{ ... }
You can even overload the indexers
public Node this[index, str]{ ... }
Indexers compile into properties in the CLR.
No, he was asking for "Named Indexers". Such a thing does not exist in
C# and I wonder why, since in VB.NET they are there. It would be a great thing having them in C#, they would make things a
lot easier.
-- cody
[Freeware, Games and Humor] www.deutronium.de.vu || www.deutronium.tk
"cody" ... No, he was asking for "Named Indexers". Such a thing does not exist in C# and I wonder why, since in VB.NET they are there. It would be a great thing having them in C#, they would make things a lot easier.
Though it's a bit of a hassle, you can create the similar behaviour, by just
adding another level of indirection (I believe there's a thread on the
indirection subject somewhere too).
class blah
{
Child theChild;
...
public Node Child
{
get
{
return theChild;
}
}
}
class Child
{
SomeNodeCollect ion children;
...
public Node this[index]
{
get
{
return children[index];
}
set
{
children[index] = value;
}
}
}
So to implement the behaviour the OP asked for wouldn't make anything
easier, but this would at least hide the reference to the actual collection,
and instead return a wrapper to the collection.
// Bjorn A
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 00:58:21 +0100, cody <do************ *********@gmx.d e>
wrote: The OP wanted to have functionality like this:
NodeChild nc = myNode.Child[10];
Without having to return an array. What he wanted, was a named indexer, not the anonymous one that C# provides.
I believe that is the Visual Basic way of doing it as myNode.Child(10 )
(VB) would translate to myNode[10] (C#)
Same with things having a Thingy.Item(x) (VB) -> Thingy[10] (C#)
I could be very wrong.
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There are only two problems with this translation from VB.
1) you aren't looking for the 10th node (which is what the code looks like
it's trying to do. can you tell by the C# indexer consumer code if you are
trying to get the 10th child vs the 10th sibling, for example?), you're
looking for the 10th Child on a node. The C# indexer can get confusing if
you aren't allowed to specify a non-default name
2) becaue the indexers aren't named in C#, you can't have more than one (you
can only override the default one, but that doesn't allow for certain
property semantics). this is silly, because behind the scenes, C# is in fact
creating a named property in IL, and applying the "default" meta-tag to it.
It wouldn't be too much work to create named properties with arguments that
don't have the "default meta-tag, as VB does.
However the above two issues are more along the lines of theory with regards
to the absense of named parameters with arguments - a better way to solve
the actual problem in this particular example as you have presented it
(which works fine in C#) is to create a readonly Child property on the node,
which is of type Nodes (a collection of Node), and have an indexer on *it*.
That allows you to use:
myNode.Child[10]
instead of
myNode[10]
-Rob Teixeira [MVP]
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************ @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op******** ******@msnews.m icrosoft.com... On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 00:58:21 +0100, cody <do************ *********@gmx.d e> wrote:
The OP wanted to have functionality like this:
NodeChild nc = myNode.Child[10];
Without having to return an array. What he wanted, was a named indexer, not the anonymous one that C# provides.
I believe that is the Visual Basic way of doing it as myNode.Child(10 ) (VB) would translate to myNode[10] (C#) Same with things having a Thingy.Item(x) (VB) -> Thingy[10] (C#)
I could be very wrong.
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Am I right that indexed properties are implemented in VB
..NET, but NOT in C#. It seems that for C# you have to wrap
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