NSMutableDictionary Class

Definition

A changeable collection of key-value pairs, with unique keys.

[Foundation.Register("NSMutableDictionary", true)]
public class NSMutableDictionary : Foundation.NSDictionary, System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<Foundation.NSObject,Foundation.NSObject>>, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<Foundation.NSObject,Foundation.NSObject>, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<Foundation.NSObject,Foundation.NSObject>>, System.Collections.IDictionary
type NSMutableDictionary = class
    inherit NSDictionary
    interface IDictionary
    interface ICollection
    interface IEnumerable
    interface IDictionary<NSObject, NSObject>
    interface ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject, NSObject>>
    interface seq<KeyValuePair<NSObject, NSObject>>
Inheritance
NSMutableDictionary
Derived
Attributes
Implements

Constructors

NSMutableDictionary()

Default constructor, initializes a new instance of this class.

NSMutableDictionary(IntPtr)

A constructor used when creating managed representations of unmanaged objects; Called by the runtime.

NSMutableDictionary(NSCoder)

A constructor that initializes the object from the data stored in the unarchiver object.

NSMutableDictionary(NSDictionary)
NSMutableDictionary(NSDictionary, Boolean)
NSMutableDictionary(NSObjectFlag)

Constructor to call on derived classes to skip initialization and merely allocate the object.

NSMutableDictionary(NSUrl)
NSMutableDictionary(String)

Properties

Class (Inherited from NSObject)
ClassHandle

The handle for this class.

Count

Returns the number of keys in the dictionary.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
DebugDescription

A developer-meaningful description of this object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Description

Description of the object, the Objective-C version of ToString.

(Inherited from NSObject)
DescriptionInStringsFileFormat

The contents of the dictionary, formatted in .strings file format.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
Handle

Handle (pointer) to the unmanaged object representation.

(Inherited from NSObject)
IsDirectBinding (Inherited from NSObject)
IsProxy (Inherited from NSObject)
Item[NSObject]
Item[NSString]
Item[String]
Keys

The set of keys for the NSDictionary.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
ObjectEnumerator

An NSEnumerator of the values in the NSDictionary.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
RetainCount

Returns the current Objective-C retain count for the object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Self (Inherited from NSObject)
Superclass (Inherited from NSObject)
SuperHandle

Handle used to represent the methods in the base class for this NSObject.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Values

The array of values in the NSDictionary.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
Zone (Inherited from NSObject)

Methods

Add(NSObject, NSObject)
AddEntries(NSDictionary)
AddObserver(NSObject, NSString, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, IntPtr)

Registers an object for being observed externally (using NSString keyPath).   Observed changes are dispatched to the observer’s object ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr) method.

(Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(NSObject, String, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, IntPtr)

Registers an object for being observed externally (using string keyPath).   Observed changes are dispatched to the observer’s object ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr) method.

(Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(NSString, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, Action<NSObservedChange>)

Registers an object for being observed externally using an arbitrary method.

(Inherited from NSObject)
AddObserver(String, NSKeyValueObservingOptions, Action<NSObservedChange>)

Registers an object for being observed externally using an arbitrary method.

(Inherited from NSObject)
AwakeFromNib()

Called after the object has been loaded from the nib file. Overriders must call base.AwakeFromNib().

(Inherited from NSObject)
BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Action) (Inherited from NSObject)
BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Selector, NSObject)

Invokes asynchrously the specified code on the main UI thread.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Bind(NSString, NSObject, String, NSDictionary) (Inherited from NSObject)
Bind(String, NSObject, String, NSDictionary)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
BindingInfo(String)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
BindingOptionDescriptions(String)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
BindingValueClass(String)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
Clear()
CommitEditing() (Inherited from NSObject)
CommitEditing(NSObject, Selector, IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
ConformsToProtocol(IntPtr)

Invoked to determine if this object implements the specified protocol.

(Inherited from NSObject)
ContainsKey(NSObject)

Determines whether the specified key exists in the dictionary.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
Copy()

Performs a copy of the underlying Objective-C object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Copy(NSZone)

Performs a copy of the underlying Objective-C object.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
DangerousAutorelease() (Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousRelease() (Inherited from NSObject)
DangerousRetain() (Inherited from NSObject)
DidChange(NSKeyValueChange, NSIndexSet, NSString)

Indicates a change occurred to the indexes for a to-many relationship.

(Inherited from NSObject)
DidChange(NSString, NSKeyValueSetMutationKind, NSSet) (Inherited from NSObject)
DidChangeValue(String)

Indicates that a change occurred on the specified key.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Dispose()

Releases the resources used by the NSObject object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
Dispose(Boolean)

Releases the resources used by the NSObject object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
DoesNotRecognizeSelector(Selector)

Indicates that this object does not recognize the specified selector.

(Inherited from NSObject)
EncodeTo(NSCoder)

Encodes the state of the object on the provided encoder

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
Equals(NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
Equals(Object) (Inherited from NSObject)
ExposedBindings() (Inherited from NSObject)
FromDictionary(NSDictionary)

Factory method to create a new mutable dictionary, copying the contents of the specified source NSDictionary.

FromFile(String)

Loads an NSMutableDictionary from the specified path.

FromObjectAndKey(NSObject, NSObject)

Factory method to create a new mutable dictionary, initialized with the specified obj (value) and key.

FromObjectsAndKeys(NSObject[], NSObject[])
FromObjectsAndKeys(NSObject[], NSObject[], nint)
FromObjectsAndKeys(Object[], Object[])
FromObjectsAndKeys(Object[], Object[], nint)
FromSharedKeySet(NSObject)

Factory method to create a new mutable dictionary, optimized for the specified shared key set.

FromUrl(NSUrl)

Loads an NSMutableDictionary from the specified url.

GetBindingInfo(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingOptionDescriptions(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetBindingValueClass(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetDictionaryOfValuesFromKeys(NSString[])

Retrieves the values of the specified keys.

(Inherited from NSObject)
GetEnumerator()
GetHashCode()

Generates a hash code for the current instance.

(Inherited from NSObject)
GetMethodForSelector(Selector) (Inherited from NSObject)
GetNativeField(String)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
GetNativeHash() (Inherited from NSObject)
Init() (Inherited from NSObject)
InitializeHandle(IntPtr) (Inherited from NSObject)
InitializeHandle(IntPtr, String) (Inherited from NSObject)
Invoke(Action, Double) (Inherited from NSObject)
Invoke(Action, TimeSpan) (Inherited from NSObject)
InvokeOnMainThread(Action) (Inherited from NSObject)
InvokeOnMainThread(Selector, NSObject)

Invokes synchrously the specified code on the main UI thread.

(Inherited from NSObject)
IsEqual(NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
IsEqualToDictionary(NSDictionary)

True if the dictionaries have the same number of entries and, for all keys, the values return true for Equals.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
IsKindOfClass(Class) (Inherited from NSObject)
IsMemberOfClass(Class) (Inherited from NSObject)
KeysForObject(NSObject)

An array, possibly empty, of the keys whose value is equal to the specified obj.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
LowlevelFromObjectAndKey(IntPtr, IntPtr)
LowlevelObjectForKey(IntPtr)

Low-level key lookup.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
LowlevelSetObject(IntPtr, IntPtr)
LowlevelSetObject(NSObject, IntPtr)
MarkDirty()

Promotes a regular peer object (IsDirectBinding is true) into a toggleref object.

(Inherited from NSObject)
MutableCopy()

Creates a mutable copy of the specified NSObject.

(Inherited from NSObject)
MutableCopy(NSZone)

Performs a copy of the underlying Objective-C object.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
ObjectDidEndEditing(NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
ObjectForKey(NSObject)

The object mapped to the specified key, or null.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
ObjectsForKeys(NSArray, NSObject)

An array of objects for the specified keys. If the key is not found, the marker object is placed in the returned array at the appropriate index.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
ObserveValue(NSString, NSObject, NSDictionary, IntPtr)

Indicates that the value at the specified keyPath relative to this object has changed.

(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, Double)

Invokes the selector on the current instance and if the obj is not null, it passes this as its single parameter.

(Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, Double, NSString[]) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSObject, NSObject) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSThread, NSObject, Boolean) (Inherited from NSObject)
PerformSelector(Selector, NSThread, NSObject, Boolean, NSString[]) (Inherited from NSObject)
PrepareForInterfaceBuilder() (Inherited from NSObject)
Remove(NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, NSString)

Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath.

(Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, NSString, IntPtr)

Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath and context.

(Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, String)

Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath.

(Inherited from NSObject)
RemoveObserver(NSObject, String, IntPtr)

Stops the specified observer from receiving further notifications of changed values for the specified keyPath and context.

(Inherited from NSObject)
RespondsToSelector(Selector)

Whether this object recognizes the specified selector.

(Inherited from NSObject)
SetNativeField(String, NSObject)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
SetNilValueForKey(NSString)

Sets the value of the specified key to null.

(Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKey(NSObject, NSString)

Sets the value of the property specified by the key to the specified value.

(Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKeyPath(IntPtr, NSString)

A constructor used when creating managed representations of unmanaged objects; Called by the runtime.

(Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForKeyPath(NSObject, NSString)

Sets the value of a property that can be reached using a keypath.

(Inherited from NSObject)
SetValueForUndefinedKey(NSObject, NSString)

Indicates an attempt to write a value to an undefined key. If not overridden, raises an NSUndefinedKeyException.

(Inherited from NSObject)
SetValuesForKeysWithDictionary(NSDictionary)

Sets the values of this NSObject to those in the specified dictionary.

(Inherited from NSObject)
ToFileAttributes() (Inherited from NSDictionary)
ToString()

Returns a string representation of the value of the current instance.

(Inherited from NSObject)
TryGetValue(NSObject, NSObject)
Unbind(NSString) (Inherited from NSObject)
Unbind(String)
Obsolete.
(Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForKey(NSString)

Returns the value of the property associated with the specified key.

(Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForKeyPath(NSString)

Returns the value of a property that can be reached using a keypath.

(Inherited from NSObject)
ValueForUndefinedKey(NSString)

Indicates an attempt to read a value of an undefined key. If not overridden, raises an NSUndefinedKeyException.

(Inherited from NSObject)
WillChange(NSKeyValueChange, NSIndexSet, NSString)

Indicates that the values of the specified indices in the specified key are about to change.

(Inherited from NSObject)
WillChange(NSString, NSKeyValueSetMutationKind, NSSet) (Inherited from NSObject)
WillChangeValue(String)

Indicates that the value of the specified key is about to change.

(Inherited from NSObject)
WriteToFile(String, Boolean)

Attempts to write the NSDictionary to the specified path. If useAuxiliaryFile is true, the file is written atomically. Returns success or failure.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)
WriteToUrl(NSUrl, Boolean)

Attemps to write the NSDictionary to the specified url, and whether to do so atomically. Returns success or failure.

(Inherited from NSDictionary)

Explicit Interface Implementations

ICollection.CopyTo(Array, Int32) (Inherited from NSDictionary)
ICollection.Count (Inherited from NSDictionary)
ICollection.IsSynchronized (Inherited from NSDictionary)
ICollection.SyncRoot (Inherited from NSDictionary)
ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.Add(KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>)
ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.Clear() (Inherited from NSDictionary)
ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.Contains(KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>)
ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.CopyTo(KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>[], Int32)

Creates a copy of this object, allocating memory from the specified zone or from the default zone if the argument is null.

ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.Count
ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.IsReadOnly
ICollection<KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>>.Remove(KeyValuePair<NSObject,NSObject>)
IDictionary.Add(Object, Object)
IDictionary.Clear() (Inherited from NSDictionary)
IDictionary.Contains(Object)
IDictionary.GetEnumerator()
IDictionary.IsFixedSize
IDictionary.IsReadOnly
IDictionary.Item[Object]
IDictionary.Keys
IDictionary.Remove(Object)
IDictionary.Values
IDictionary<NSObject,NSObject>.Add(NSObject, NSObject) (Inherited from NSDictionary)
IDictionary<NSObject,NSObject>.Keys
IDictionary<NSObject,NSObject>.Remove(NSObject) (Inherited from NSDictionary)
IDictionary<NSObject,NSObject>.Values
IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()

Extension Methods

ObjectDidBeginEditing(NSObject, INSEditor)
ObjectDidEndEditing(NSObject, INSEditor)
GetValidModes(NSObject, NSFontPanel)
ValidateToolbarItem(NSObject, NSToolbarItem)
GetDebugDescription(INSObjectProtocol)
AcceptsPreviewPanelControl(NSObject, QLPreviewPanel)
BeginPreviewPanelControl(NSObject, QLPreviewPanel)
EndPreviewPanelControl(NSObject, QLPreviewPanel)
GetAccessibilityCustomRotors(NSObject)

Gets the array of UIAccessibilityCustomRotor objects appropriate for this object.

SetAccessibilityCustomRotors(NSObject, UIAccessibilityCustomRotor[])

Sets the array of UIAccessibilityCustomRotor objects appropriate for this object.

Applies to

See also