The type or namespace name 'Collection' could not be found

A

Andrus

I'm trying to compile myGeneration PropertyCollectionAll.cs file with VCS
Express 2005 bot got error

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Collection' could not be found (are you
missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
PropertyCollectionAll.cs 17 39

I looked to .NET 2 help and found that Collection class is included in
mscorlib so it doen't need assembly reference.
How to fix this error ?

Whole file which causes this error is:

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;

namespace MyMeta
{

public class PropertyCollectionAll : Collection, IPropertyCollection,
IEnumerable, IEnumerator, ICollection
{

public PropertyCollectionAll()
{

}

internal void Load(IPropertyCollection local, IPropertyCollection global)
{
this._local = local;
this._global = global;
}

#region IPropertyCollection
//[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)]
public IProperty this[string key]
{
get
{
if(this._local.ContainsKey(key))
{
return this._local[key];
}
else if(this._global.ContainsKey(key))
{
return this._global[key];
}

return null;
}
}

/// <summary>
/// This method will either add or update a key value pair. If the key
already exists in the collection the value will be updated.
/// If this key doesn't exist the key/value pair will be added. If only
want to update, and not add new items, use <see cref="ContainsKey"/> to
determine if the key already exists.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key"></param>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public IProperty AddKeyValue(string key, string value)
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot call AddKeyValue on this
collection");
}

/// <summary>
/// Removes a key/value pair from the collection, no error is thrown if
the key doesn't exist.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of the desired key/value pair</param>
public void RemoveKey(string key)
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot call AddKeyValue on this
collection");
}

/// <summary>
/// Use ContainsKey to determine if a key exists in the collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of the desired key/value pair</param>
/// <returns>True if the key exists, False if not</returns>
public bool ContainsKey(string key)
{
if(this._local.ContainsKey(key))
{
return true;
}
else if(this._global.ContainsKey(key))
{
return true;
}

return false;
}

/// <summary>
/// Removes all key/value pairs from the collection.
/// </summary>
new public void Clear()
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot call AddKeyValue on this
collection");
}
#endregion

#region IEnumerable Members

public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
{
Reset();
return (this as IEnumerator);
}

#endregion

#region IEnumerator Members

public void Reset()
{
useLocalEnum = true;
wereDone = false;
_localEnumerator = this._local.GetEnumerator();
_globalEnumerator = this._global.GetEnumerator();
}

public object Current
{
get
{
IProperty prop = null;

if(useLocalEnum)
{
prop = (IProperty)_localEnumerator.Current;
}
else
{
prop = (IProperty)_globalEnumerator.Current;
}

return prop;
}
}

public bool MoveNext()
{
if(this.useLocalEnum)
{
if(_localEnumerator.MoveNext()) return true;
}

if(!wereDone)
{
this.useLocalEnum = false;

while(true)
{
if(_globalEnumerator.MoveNext())
{
IProperty prop = (IProperty)_globalEnumerator.Current;

if(!this._local.ContainsKey(prop.Key))
{
return true;
}
}
else
{
break;
}
}

wereDone = true;
}

return false;
}

#endregion

#region ICollection Members

public new bool IsSynchronized
{
get
{
// TODO: Add Databases.IsSynchronized getter implementation
return false;
}
}

public new void CopyTo(Array array, int index)
{
// TODO: Add Databases.CopyTo implementation
}

public new object SyncRoot
{
get
{
// TODO: Add Databases.SyncRoot getter implementation
return null;
}
}

#endregion

private IPropertyCollection _local;
private IPropertyCollection _global;

bool useLocalEnum = true;
bool wereDone = false;
private IEnumerator _localEnumerator = null;
private IEnumerator _globalEnumerator = null;
}
}
 
H

Hans Kesting

I'm trying to compile myGeneration PropertyCollectionAll.cs file with
VCS Express 2005 bot got error

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Collection' could not be found
(are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
PropertyCollectionAll.cs 17 39

I looked to .NET 2 help and found that Collection class is included in
mscorlib so it doen't need assembly reference.
How to fix this error ?
Click to expand...

It might not need an assembly reference, but you still need to specify a
namespace: either directly or with a 'using' clause.

By the way: did you mean the Collection<> *generic* class or the one
in Microsoft.VisualBasic?

Hans Kesting
 
N

Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]

The Collection<T> class is in the System.Collections.ObjectModel
namespace, not in System.Collections.

Also, for your implementation of IEnumerable, I would highly recommend
using yield statements to generate your iterators. It will simplify your
code tremendously.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Andrus said:
I'm trying to compile myGeneration PropertyCollectionAll.cs file with VCS
Express 2005 bot got error

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Collection' could not be found (are
you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
PropertyCollectionAll.cs 17 39

I looked to .NET 2 help and found that Collection class is included in
mscorlib so it doen't need assembly reference.
How to fix this error ?

Whole file which causes this error is:

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;

namespace MyMeta
{

public class PropertyCollectionAll : Collection, IPropertyCollection,
IEnumerable, IEnumerator, ICollection
{

public PropertyCollectionAll()
{

}

internal void Load(IPropertyCollection local, IPropertyCollection global)
{
this._local = local;
this._global = global;
}

#region IPropertyCollection
//[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)]
public IProperty this[string key]
{
get
{
if(this._local.ContainsKey(key))
{
return this._local[key];
}
else if(this._global.ContainsKey(key))
{
return this._global[key];
}

return null;
}
}

/// <summary>
/// This method will either add or update a key value pair. If the key
already exists in the collection the value will be updated.
/// If this key doesn't exist the key/value pair will be added. If only
want to update, and not add new items, use <see cref="ContainsKey"/> to
determine if the key already exists.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key"></param>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public IProperty AddKeyValue(string key, string value)
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot call AddKeyValue on this
collection");
}

/// <summary>
/// Removes a key/value pair from the collection, no error is thrown if
the key doesn't exist.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of the desired key/value pair</param>
public void RemoveKey(string key)
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot call AddKeyValue on this
collection");
}

/// <summary>
/// Use ContainsKey to determine if a key exists in the collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of the desired key/value pair</param>
/// <returns>True if the key exists, False if not</returns>
public bool ContainsKey(string key)
{
if(this._local.ContainsKey(key))
{
return true;
}
else if(this._global.ContainsKey(key))
{
return true;
}

return false;
}

/// <summary>
/// Removes all key/value pairs from the collection.
/// </summary>
new public void Clear()
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot call AddKeyValue on this
collection");
}
#endregion

#region IEnumerable Members

public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
{
Reset();
return (this as IEnumerator);
}

#endregion

#region IEnumerator Members

public void Reset()
{
useLocalEnum = true;
wereDone = false;
_localEnumerator = this._local.GetEnumerator();
_globalEnumerator = this._global.GetEnumerator();
}

public object Current
{
get
{
IProperty prop = null;

if(useLocalEnum)
{
prop = (IProperty)_localEnumerator.Current;
}
else
{
prop = (IProperty)_globalEnumerator.Current;
}

return prop;
}
}

public bool MoveNext()
{
if(this.useLocalEnum)
{
if(_localEnumerator.MoveNext()) return true;
}

if(!wereDone)
{
this.useLocalEnum = false;

while(true)
{
if(_globalEnumerator.MoveNext())
{
IProperty prop = (IProperty)_globalEnumerator.Current;

if(!this._local.ContainsKey(prop.Key))
{
return true;
}
}
else
{
break;
}
}

wereDone = true;
}

return false;
}

#endregion

#region ICollection Members

public new bool IsSynchronized
{
get
{
// TODO: Add Databases.IsSynchronized getter implementation
return false;
}
}

public new void CopyTo(Array array, int index)
{
// TODO: Add Databases.CopyTo implementation
}

public new object SyncRoot
{
get
{
// TODO: Add Databases.SyncRoot getter implementation
return null;
}
}

#endregion

private IPropertyCollection _local;
private IPropertyCollection _global;

bool useLocalEnum = true;
bool wereDone = false;
private IEnumerator _localEnumerator = null;
private IEnumerator _globalEnumerator = null;
}
}
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