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Is there an equivalent for Java WeakHashMap class in C#?

Is there a C# class that provides map with weak keys or/and weak values? Or at least WeakHashMap like functionality.

Solution

  • In .Net 3.5 and below, there is no such structure available. However I wrote up one for a side project and posted the code at the following location.

    Starting .NET 4.0, there is a structure available called ConditionalWeakTable in the Runtime.CompilerServices namespace that also does the trick.