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Large Collections in Native and Managed Code (VB, C++, C#) - Part I

by Aydin Homay

In this article, I tried to show a real benchmark based on presser test method, for a Big Data collection deals on C++, C#, and VB.NET.

A Complete Sample of Custom Class Collection Serialization and Deserialization

by Maciej Los

If you want to know the way you can serialize and deserialize custom class collection, this tip is for you.

A Few Words About ConcurrentHashMap, compute() Method

by rtybase

There is one ambiguous moment in the Java documentation of the compute() method from the ConcurrentHashMap class.

A Generic Circular Buffer in C#

by honey the codewitch

A circular buffer implementing IList

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Large Collections in Native and Managed Code (VB, C++, C#) - Part I

by Aydin Homay

In this article, I tried to show a real benchmark based on presser test method, for a Big Data collection deals on C++, C#, and VB.NET.

A Complete Sample of Custom Class Collection Serialization and Deserialization

by Maciej Los

If you want to know the way you can serialize and deserialize custom class collection, this tip is for you.

A Few Words About ConcurrentHashMap, compute() Method

by rtybase

There is one ambiguous moment in the Java documentation of the compute() method from the ConcurrentHashMap class.

A Generic Circular Buffer in C#

by honey the codewitch

A circular buffer implementing IList

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A Complete Sample of Custom Class Collection Serialization and Deserialization

by Maciej Los

If you want to know the way you can serialize and deserialize custom class collection, this tip is for you.

A Generic Circular Buffer in C#

by honey the codewitch

A circular buffer implementing IList

A Generic OrderedDictionary in C#

by honey the codewitch

A fully generic ordered dictionary class in C#

A simple generic TreeList

by B. Verboven

Convert a generic list of (recursive) objects into a simple hierarchical TreeList

A simple generic TreeList

by B. Verboven

This is an alternative for "A simple generic TreeList".

An Observable Generic Tree Collection

by Yuriy Magurdumov

Simple generic data structure to maintain hierarchical objects

Batch Processing with Directory.EnumerateFiles

by Bohdan Stupak

Batching is a nice technique that allows you to handle big amounts of data gracefully. Directory.EnumerateFiles is the API that allows you to organize batch processing for the directory with a large number of files.

Bee: A Suite of Self-Balancing Binary Tree Based Dictionaries

by honey the codewitch

A B-tree, an AVL tree, and a Splay tree in C#

C++ & STL: Reading a text file into a collection with little code

by CalicoSkies

How to use istream_iterator and the copy algorithm to populate an STL collection from a text file with very little code

Changing values in a Dictionary class

by Gordon Kushner

If you try to enumerate through a Dictionary's key collection and attempt to change the values as in the code below, Dictionary _items = new Dictionary();...int i = 0;//Attempt to set the values for this Dictionary item.foreach (string key in...

Convert Datatable to Collection using Generic

by nit_singh

This is an example to Convert from a datatable to a specific type of collection using Generic

Convert Datatable to Collection using Generic

by Vano Maisuradze

Very nice!I've modified ToCollection(this DataTable dt) extension function, so if DataTable column names and class property names are different, then you can use this alternative:public static List ToCollection(this DataTable table, Dictionary dic){ List lst = new...

Convert Datatable to Collection using Generic

by Damian Flynn

Here's a couple of gems...From IList to DataTable.From DataTable to array of T.// DataTable: from IListpublic static DataTable ToDataTable(this IList iList){ DataTable dataTable = new DataTable(); PropertyDescriptorCollection propertyDescriptorCollection = ...

Efficiently Using Lists as Dictionary Keys in C#

by honey the codewitch

A relatively safe, simple, yet high performance technique for using lists as dictionary keys.

How to Get a Collection Element Type Using Reflection in C#

by honey the codewitch

This tip shows you a robust way to get the type of items a collection can hold. It works with non-generic collections too.

IndexedQueue - A Custom Queue in C#

by honey the codewitch

Fills a gap in Microsoft's Queue offering with an alternative allowing efficient indexed access

Iteration Over Java Collections with High Performance

by vudangngoc

Travelling over Java collections is just a piece of cake, but when the size of the collections increases you have to choose wisely

LookAheadEnumerator: Implement Backtracking in Your Parsers

by honey the codewitch

Easily implement efficient backtracking capabilities over any enumeration

ObservableDictionary!

by #realJSOP

In WPF/Silverlight, you might want to bind to a dictionary. Here's a couple of websites I found.

Returning read-only collection

by Nick Alexeev

Returning read-only collection

by Mohammad Mir mostafa

Another good idea is to return the list as enumerable using:return m_privateCollection.AsEnumerable();Now what are the differences?AsReadOnly() creates a completely new collection of list. Depending on the count of items and where the resource is, this may take a long...

SetComparers: A variety of comparers for collections of objects in C#

by honey the codewitch

Easily compare collections for equality

Using Collections as Keys in C#

by honey the codewitch

Using IEqualityComparer to allow collections to be keys in dictionaries and hashsets

WRL Collection Library Ported to Native C++

by Gregory Morse

WRL Collection library ported to native C++