Exposes the enumerator, which supports a simple iteration over a non-generic collection.
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _ <GuidAttribute("496B0ABE-CDEE-11d3-88E8-00902754C43A")> _ Public Interface IEnumerable
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] [GuidAttribute("496B0ABE-CDEE-11d3-88E8-00902754C43A")] public interface IEnumerable
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] [GuidAttribute(L"496B0ABE-CDEE-11d3-88E8-00902754C43A")] public interface class IEnumerable
[<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>] [<GuidAttribute("496B0ABE-CDEE-11d3-88E8-00902754C43A")>] type IEnumerable = interface end
The IEnumerable type exposes the following members.
For the generic version of this interface see System.Collections.Generic..::.IEnumerable<(Of <(T>)>).
IEnumerable must be implemented to support the foreach semantics of Microsoft Visual Basic. COM classes that allow enumerators also implement this interface.
The following code example demonstrates the implementation of the IEnumerable and IEnumerator interfaces for a custom collection. In this example, members of these interfaces are not explicitly called, but they are implemented to support the use of foreach (For Each in Visual Basic) to iterate through the collection.
Imports System Imports System.Collections Public Class Person Public Sub New(ByVal fName As String, ByVal lName As String) Me.firstName = fName Me.lastName = lName End Sub Public firstName As String Public lastName As String End Class Public Class People Implements IEnumerable Private _people() As Person Public Sub New(ByVal pArray() As Person) _people = New Person(pArray.Length - 1) {} Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To pArray.Length - 1 _people(i) = pArray(i) Next i End Sub Public Function GetEnumerator() As IEnumerator _ Implements IEnumerable.GetEnumerator Return New PeopleEnum(_people) End Function End Class Public Class PeopleEnum Implements IEnumerator Public _people() As Person ' Enumerators are positioned before the first element ' until the first MoveNext() call. Dim position As Integer = -1 Public Sub New(ByVal list() As Person) _people = list End Sub Public Function MoveNext() As Boolean Implements IEnumerator.MoveNext position = position + 1 Return (position < _people.Length) End Function Public Sub Reset() Implements IEnumerator.Reset position = -1 End Sub Public ReadOnly Property Current() As Object Implements IEnumerator.Current Get Try Return _people(position) Catch ex As IndexOutOfRangeException Throw New InvalidOperationException() End Try End Get End Property End Class Class App Shared Sub Main() Dim peopleArray() As Person = { _ New Person("John", "Smith"), _ New Person("Jim", "Johnson"), _ New Person("Sue", "Rabon")} Dim peopleList As New People(peopleArray) Dim p As Person For Each p In peopleList Console.WriteLine(p.firstName + " " + p.lastName) Next End Sub End Class ' This code produces output similar to the following: ' ' John Smith ' Jim Johnson ' Sue Rabon
using System; using System.Collections; public class Person { public Person(string fName, string lName) { this.firstName = fName; this.lastName = lName; } public string firstName; public string lastName; } public class People : IEnumerable { private Person[] _people; public People(Person[] pArray) { _people = new Person[pArray.Length]; for (int i = 0; i < pArray.Length; i++) { _people[i] = pArray[i]; } } IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { return (IEnumerator) GetEnumerator(); } public PeopleEnum GetEnumerator() { return new PeopleEnum(_people); } } public class PeopleEnum : IEnumerator { public Person[] _people; // Enumerators are positioned before the first element // until the first MoveNext() call. int position = -1; public PeopleEnum(Person[] list) { _people = list; } public bool MoveNext() { position++; return (position < _people.Length); } public void Reset() { position = -1; } object IEnumerator.Current { get { return Current; } } public Person Current { get { try { return _people[position]; } catch (IndexOutOfRangeException) { throw new InvalidOperationException(); } } } } class App { static void Main() { Person[] peopleArray = new Person[3] { new Person("John", "Smith"), new Person("Jim", "Johnson"), new Person("Sue", "Rabon"), }; People peopleList = new People(peopleArray); foreach (Person p in peopleList) Console.WriteLine(p.firstName + " " + p.lastName); } } /* This code produces output similar to the following: * * John Smith * Jim Johnson * Sue Rabon * */
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2