hi guys
my question is about enumerator and enumerable implementation . i know there is two ways to make an class collection and making foreach loop construct use that class object as collection one is by creating enumerator class independently with array which take data from array of an class which is implementing Ienumerable interface with same array type.
for example
using System;
using System.Collections;
class ColorEnumerator : IEnumerator
{
string[] _colors;
int _position = -1;
public ColorEnumerator( string[] theColors ) // Constructor
{
_colors = new string[theColors.Length];
for ( int i = 0; i < theColors.Length; i++ )
_colors[i] = theColors[i];
}
public object Current // Implement Current.
{
get
{
if ( _position == -1 )
throw new InvalidOperationException();
if ( _position >= _colors.Length )
throw new InvalidOperationException();
return _colors[_position];
}
}
public bool MoveNext() // Implement MoveNext.
{
if ( _position < _colors.Length - 1 )
{
_position++;
return true;
}
else
return false;
}
public void Reset() // Implement Reset.
{
_position = -1;
}
}
class Spectrum : IEnumerable
{
string[] Colors = { "violet", "blue", "cyan", "green", "yellow", "orange", "red" };
public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
{
return new ColorEnumerator( Colors );
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Spectrum spectrum = new Spectrum();
foreach ( string color in spectrum )
Console.WriteLine( color );
}
}
here enumerator class(ColorEnumerator) has implemented all those method which are members of Ienumerator Interface
now foreach construct will use enumerator class implemented by ColorEnumerator
bye using GetEnumerator() method of spectrum class as shown below
but my problem is that since this example give me clear understanding of how foreach is handling value of spectrum collection
but when we use iterator for implementing enumerator automatically how CLR create that enumerator class which require to manipulate elements in collection because in an book i read that The compiler takes iterator description of how to enumerate the items and uses it to build an
enumerator class, including all the required method and property implementations. The resulting class
is nested inside the class where the iterator is declared.
class zoo:Ienumerable
{
string[] animal=new string[4];
public Ienumarator GetEnumerator()
{
foreach(string anim in animal)
yield return anim;
}
}
now how the zoo class will contain Ienumerator class in it as written above so that Ienumerator class will contain move next,reset and current function to manipulate zoo collection please give me example in coding.
thank you
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VulpesPosted Jul 31, 2014, 7:50 AM