Imports System

Imports System.Collections
Public Class ROCollection
Inherits ReadOnlyCollectionBase
Public Sub New(sourceList As IList)
InnerList.AddRange(sourceList)
End Sub 'New
Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(index As Integer) As [Object]
Get
Return InnerList(index)
End Get
End Property
Public Function IndexOf(value As [Object]) As Integer
Return InnerList.IndexOf(value)
End Function 'IndexOf
Public Function Contains(value As [Object]) As Boolean
Return InnerList.Contains(value)
End Function 'Contains
End Class 'ROCollection
Public Class SamplesCollectionBase
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Create an ArrayList.
Dim myAL As New ArrayList()
myAL.Add("red")
myAL.Add("blue")
myAL.Add("yellow")
myAL.Add("green")
myAL.Add("orange")
myAL.Add("purple")
' Create a new ROCollection that contains the elements in myAL.
Dim myCol As New ROCollection(myAL)
' Display the contents of the collection using For Each. This is the preferred
method.
Console.WriteLine("Contents of the collection (using For Each):")
PrintValues1(myCol)
' Display the contents of the collection using the enumerator.
Console.WriteLine("Contents of the collection (using enumerator):")
PrintValues2(myCol)

' Display the contents of the collection using the Count property and the Item
property.
Console.WriteLine("Contents of the collection (using Count and Item):")
PrintIndexAndValues(myCol)
' Search the collection with Contains and IndexOf.
Console.WriteLine("Contains yellow: {0}", myCol.Contains("yellow"))
Console.WriteLine("orange is at index {0}.", myCol.IndexOf("orange"))
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub 'Main
' Uses the Count property and the Item property.
Public Shared Sub PrintIndexAndValues(myCol As ROCollection)
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myCol.Count - 1
Console.WriteLine("
[{0}]:
{1}", i, myCol(i))
Next i
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub 'PrintIndexAndValues
' Uses the For Each statement which hides the complexity of the enumerator.
' NOTE: The For Each statement is the preferred way of enumerating the
contents of a collection.
Public Shared Sub PrintValues1(myCol As ROCollection)
Dim obj As [Object]
For Each obj In myCol
Console.WriteLine("
{0}", obj)
Next obj
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub 'PrintValues1
' Uses the enumerator.
' NOTE: The For Each statement is the preferred way of enumerating the
contents of a collection.
Public Shared Sub PrintValues2(myCol As ROCollection)
Dim myEnumerator As System.Collections.IEnumerator = myCol.GetEnumerator()
While myEnumerator.MoveNext()
Console.WriteLine("
{0}", myEnumerator.Current)
End While
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub 'PrintValues2
End Class 'SamplesCollectionBase
'This code produces the following output.
'
'Contents of the collection (using For Each):
'
red
'
blue
'
yellow
'
green
'
orange

'
purple
'
'Contents of the collection (using enumerator):
'
red
'
blue
'
yellow
'
green
'
orange
'
purple
'
'Contents of the collection (using Count and Item):
'
[0]:
red
'
[1]:
blue
'
[2]:
yellow
'
[3]:
green
'
[4]:
orange
'
[5]:
purple
'
'Contains yellow: True
'orange is at index 4.