Hash Table problems

[Guest]

Hi Guys

I'm having trouble getting a value from a hash table based on a key that I have added
The key is the handle to a socket and the value is an instance of a class called SckClientHandler
Class SckClientHandler has a ClientSocket property which is a valid Socket object

Here I add to the hash table
_clientSocketHash.Add((int)objSckClientHandler.ClientSocket.Handle, objSckClientHandler

where objSckClientHandler is an instance of SckClientHandler
the handle in my test run is 1036

when try to inspect the hash table by the key
_clientSocketHash["1036"

I get an error stating: function '_clientSocketHash.get_Item' evaluated and returned nul

The debugger shows

- _clientSocketHash {Count=1} System.Collections.Hashtabl
+ [(short)1036] {WTP.Server.SckClientHandler} System.Objec

I know the object was added to the hash table, but I don't know how to get a reference to i

I also trie
object hashTableObject = _clientSocketHash["1036"];
SckClientHandler clientSocket =(SckClientHandler)hashTableObject
but, I get a null object

What is going on here

Thanks a lo

 

[Bob Grommes]

Your last attempt was correct, although the extra assignment to
hashTableObject is not needed, and you're referencing the key as a string
instead of as an int (you put it in there as an int). Try this:

SckClientHandler clientSocket = (SckClientHandler)_clientSocketHash[1036];

There is no such key as "1036", but I'll bet there IS a 1036, and then you
won't get a null reference from the indexer.

--Bob

 

[Guest]

I tried SckClientHandler clientSocket = (SckClientHandler)_clientSocketHash[1036]
but the hash table does not have items. This results in an error

Any other suggestions

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Ok. I will try this.

 

[Christopher Kimbell]

The problem might be that you are adding the key as an int, but trying to
get access to it using a string.

Chris

 

[Guest]

This works Chris

Thanks a million.