Professional .NET 2.0 Generics

, 333 described, 297­298 pattern, searching for, 315­316 read-only dictionary, 361 read-only collection, 177 indexers dictionaries, 153 generic classes, 77­80 Power Collection dictionary class, 341 sorted, 179 inference, type generics guidelines, 233­234 methods, 95 inheritance C++ generic classes, 266­267 generally, 52­55 generic constraints, 126­127 polymorphism, achieving, 13 protected members, 55­56 reflection, 198­199 type, specifying, 28 inserting linked list node, 160 list items, 163 new object into collection, 136 range into BigList<T>, 333 inspecting BCL collections, 142­144 interface BCL generics, 130­132 C++ class template declaration, 274­277 classes versus, 240­241 constraints, 123­124 generic classes, 81­82 generic constraints, 115 generics guidelines, 227 J# basic, 283­285 constraints, 285­287 remote access, 211­212 type parameters in, 62­63 type safety described, 31 preserving, 25­26 internally implemented classes, BCL adding and updating items, 165­166 described, 162­163 removing items, 167­168 searching for items, 168­171 size, pre-allocating, 164­165 sorting items, 173­175 transforming contents, 171­173 intersection points in Bag<T>, 322, 331­332 in collection, 296 in Set<T>, 363 J J# programming language arrays of genetic types, 289­290 constraints, 285­287 cross-language support, 281­283 generic delegates, calling, 289 generic types, consuming, 280­281 interfaces, 283­285 limitations, 279 methods, calling, 287­288 migrating from Java generics, 280 type arguments, 288 JIT (just-in-time) specialization code sharing structures, 250­251 generic classes and shared code, 249­250 generic methods and shared code, 252­253 open types in shared code, 251­252 type instantiation, 16­17 377 JIT (just-in-time) Index 18_559885 bindex.qxd 9/8/05 11:02 PM Page 377