System.Collections.Stack Maximum Size?

[sternr]

Hey,
I'm using in my application a System.Collections.Stack object.
Is there a way to define a maximum size for the this stack object,
That when the max size is reached, the oldest value is deleted?
Thanks ahead

--sternr

 

[Guest]

The Stack class doesn't have an overloaded ctor or property to enforce this.
However, it does have a Count property, so it should be relatively easy to
write your own CustomStack class deriving from System.Collections.Stack that
does what you want.

Peter

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

The Stack class doesn't have an overloaded ctor or property to enforce this.
However, it does have a Count property, so it should be relatively easy to
write your own CustomStack class deriving from System.Collections.Stack that
does what you want.

I would avoid inheritance in this case, and use composition instead.
Otherwise anything that expects normal stack behaviour could get
confused - I think this behaviour is sufficiently different from normal
stack behaviour to suggest a different class.

Then again, I tend to be against inheritance when it's not absolutely
called for anyway. I must get round to blogging about it some time....

 

[Guest]

True,
And since the stack pattern is a relatively simple one, certainly there is
no particular need to derive such a class from Stack. That is IMHO a good
subject for a blog item, I look forward to reading it.
Peter

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