Add one dictionary items into another. Copy all the first dictionary's items into the second dictionary. : DictionaryBase « Collections Data Structure « C# / C Sharp

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2. Collections Data Structure
3. DictionaryBase

Add one dictionary items into another. Copy all the first dictionary's items into the second dictionary.

  
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;


namespace Dotnet.Commons.Collections
{

  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// 
  /// This utility class extends the operations for manipulating 
  /// Dictionary collections.
  ///
  ///
  /// </summary>  
  /// 
  public class DictionaryUtils
  {
    private DictionaryUtils()
    {      
    }

    #region Utility Methods


    /// <summary>
    /// Add one dictionary items into another. Copy all the first dictionary's
    /// items into the second dictionary.
    ///     
    /// There are also no type checking done while copying
    /// 
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="firstDict">Source dictionary to copy from</param>
    /// <param name="secondDict">Destination to add to</param>
    /// <param name="bReplaceIfExists">Replace the object if already exists in the destination</param>
    public static void Add(IDictionary firstDict, 
                 ref IDictionary secondDict,
                  bool bReplaceIfExists)
    {
      foreach (object key in firstDict.Keys)
      {
        if (!secondDict.Contains(key))
          secondDict.Add(key, firstDict[key]);
        else if (bReplaceIfExists)
          secondDict[key] = firstDict[key];
      }
    }


    #endregion
  }
}

   
    
  

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