/* BSD 3-Clause License Copyright (c) 2017, B. Wofter All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ namespace BWofter.Converters.Extensions { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; /// A static class that provides LINQ extensions for of values. public static class IEnumerableKeyValuePairExtensions { /// Returns a with the key type and value type , /// initialized with the values in . /// The key type. /// The value type. /// An of values that contain the initial data of the dictionary. /// with the key type and value type . public static Dictionary ToDictionary(this IEnumerable> dictionarySource) { if (dictionarySource == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dictionarySource)); //Instantiate a new dictionary with a number of entries equal to the length of the source, then sets gD equal to the reference of dictionary. This is to prevent extra casting operations. Dictionary dictionary = new Dictionary(dictionarySource.Count()); ICollection> gD = dictionary; foreach (KeyValuePair entry in dictionarySource) { //Add the key value pair to gD. gD.Add(entry); } return dictionary; } } }