InMemoryTargetDictionary Class

This contains a collection of targets indexed by member ID stored in a simple ConcurrentDictionaryTKey, TValue entirely in memory.

Definition

Namespace: Sandcastle.Tools.BuildComponents.Targets
Assembly: Sandcastle.Tools.BuildComponents (in Sandcastle.Tools.BuildComponents.dll) Version: 2025.9.30.0

C#View Source Request Example

[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class InMemoryTargetDictionary : TargetDictionary

VBView Source Request Example

<SerializableAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class InMemoryTargetDictionary
	Inherits TargetDictionary

C++View Source Request Example

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class InMemoryTargetDictionary sealed : public TargetDictionary

F#View Source Request Example

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type InMemoryTargetDictionary = 
    class
        inherit TargetDictionary
    end

Inheritance: Object TargetDictionary InMemoryTargetDictionary

Remarks

The behavior of this dictionary is to return null if a target ID is not found and to replace existing entries if a duplicate ID is added. All targets are stored in memory. Since it must load all targets the first time the files are encountered, it can slow down initialization. The trade off is that it can run faster than database-backed implementations that look up the items rather than storing them in memory.

This implementation does not offer the option for a persistent cache as streaming the entire dictionary in and out takes several times longer than just loading the source XML data.

Constructors

InMemoryTargetDictionary

Constructor

Properties

BuildComponent	This read-only property returns the build component that owns the target dictionary (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
Count	Gets the number of elements contained in the ICollectionT. (Overrides TargetDictionaryCount)
DictionaryId	This is used to get or set the target dictionary's unique ID (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
DirectoryPath	This is used to get or set the path to the target files (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
FilePattern	This is used to get or set the file pattern to use when searching for target files (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
IsDisposed	This read-only property can be used to determine whether or not the target dictionary has been disposed. (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating whether the ICollectionT is read-only. (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
Item	Gets or sets the element with the specified key. (Overrides TargetDictionaryItemString)
Keys	Gets an ICollectionT containing the keys of the IDictionaryTKey, TValue. (Overrides TargetDictionaryKeys)
NamespaceFileFilter	This read-only property returns any optional namespace files used to filter what gets loaded (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
Recurse	This is used to get or set whether to recurse into subfolders of DirectoryPath when loading target files. (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
Values	Gets an ICollectionT containing the values in the IDictionaryTKey, TValue. (Overrides TargetDictionaryValues)

Methods

Add(KeyValuePairString, Target)	Adds an item to the ICollectionT. (Overrides TargetDictionaryAdd(KeyValuePairString, Target))
Add(String, Target)	Adds an element with the provided key and value to the IDictionaryTKey, TValue. (Overrides TargetDictionaryAdd(String, Target))
Clear	Removes all items from the ICollectionT. (Overrides TargetDictionaryClear)
Contains	Determines whether the ICollectionT contains a specific value. (Overrides TargetDictionaryContains(KeyValuePairString, Target))
ContainsKey	Determines whether the IDictionaryTKey, TValue contains an element with the specified key. (Overrides TargetDictionaryContainsKey(String))
CopyTo	Copies the elements of the ICollectionT to an Array, starting at a particular Array index. (Overrides TargetDictionaryCopyTo(KeyValuePairString, Target, Int32))
Dispose	This implements the Dispose() interface to properly dispose of the target dictionary (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetEnumerator	Returns an enumerator that iterates through the collection. (Overrides TargetDictionaryGetEnumerator)
GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
Remove(KeyValuePairString, Target)	Removes the first occurrence of a specific object from the ICollectionT. (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
Remove(String)	Removes the element with the specified key from the IDictionaryTKey, TValue. (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
ReportCacheStatistics	This can be overridden in derived classes to report cache usage statistics after the build (Inherited from TargetDictionary)
ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)
TryGetValue	Gets the value associated with the specified key. (Overrides TargetDictionaryTryGetValue(String, Target))