How to set Dictionary as a property ? Give an example

Question

I'm trying to use a dictionary as a class member. I want to use a property to get/set the key/value of the dictionary but I'm confused as how to use a dictionary as a property. Since there are 2 parts, I don't know how to setup the get/sets.

Answer 1

You could try this:

class Example {
  private Dictionary<int,string> _map;
  public Dictionary<int,string> Map { get { return _map; } }
  public Example() { _map = new Dictionary<int,string>(); }
}

Implementation would go along the lines of:

var e = new Example();
e.Map[42] = "The Answer";