No, a class is not a special kind of collection. On the contrary, you could
say that a collection is a special kind of class.
You're probably going to have to describe this object in rather more detail
before anyone can help you. Remember, all we know is what you've told us.
You told us it was a collection. Collections have a Count property. If your
object doesn't have a Count property, it's not a collection. What it is, I
can't tell you. Only you can answer that.