ThreadSafeDictionaryTKey, TValueGetOrAdd(TKey, TValue) Method

Adds a key/value pair to the ThreadSafeDictionaryTKey, TValue if the key does not already exist, and returns either the added or the existing value.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.Collections
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 10.0.0
C#
public TValue GetOrAdd(
	TKey key,
	TValue addValue
)

Parameters

key  TKey
The key of the element to add or whose value should be returned.
addValue  TValue
The value to be added, if the key does not already exist.

Return Value

TValue
The value for the key. This will be either the existing value for the key if the key is already in the dictionary, or the specified addValue if the key was not in the dictionary.

Exceptions

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