Generic Data Collections

The library provides classes and interfaces that define generic collections, which allow users to create strongly typed collections. These collections provide greater convenience and data handling performance than non-generic typed collections.

The library is available in the Include\Generic folder of the terminal working directory.

Objects:

Object	Description	Type
ICollection	Interface for implementing generic data collections	INTERFACE
IEqualityComparable	Interface for implementing objects that can be compared	INTERFACE
IComparable	Interface for implementing objects that can be compared in terms of “greater than, less than or equal to”	INTERFACE
IComparer	Interface for implementing a generic class that compares two object of the T type, whether one is “greater than, less than or equal to” the other one	INTERFACE
IEqualityComparer	Interface for implementing a generic class that compares two object of the T type for equality	INTERFACE
IList	Interface for implementing generic data lists	INTERFACE
IMap	Interface for implementing generic collections of key/value pairs	INTERFACE
ISet	Interface for implementing generic data sets	INTERFACE
CDefaultComparer	A helper class that implements the IComparer generic interface based on Compare global methods	CLASS
CDefaultEqualityComparer	A helper class that implements the IEqualityComparer generic interface using Equals and GetHashCode global methods	CLASS
CArrayList	A generic class that implements the IList interface	CLASS
CKeyValuePair	The class implements the key/value pair	CLASS
CHashMap	A generic class that implements the IMap<TKey, TValue> interface	CLASS
CHashSet	A generic class that implements the ISet interface	CLASS
CLinkedListNode	A helper class for implementing the CLinkedListNode class	CLASS
CLinkedList	A generic class that implements the ICollection interface	CLASS
CQueue	A generic class that implements the ICollection interface	CLASS
CRedBlackTreeNode	A helper class used in implementing the CRedBlackTree class	CLASS
CRedBlackTree	A generic class that implements the ICollection interface	CLASS
CSortedMap	A generic class that implements the IMap<TKey, TValue> interface	CLASS
CSortedSet	A generic class that implements the ISet interface	CLASS
CStack	A generic class that implements the ICollection interface	CLASS

Global methods:

Method	Description
ArrayBinarySearch	Searches for the specified value in an ascending-sorted one-dimensional array using the IComparable interface to compare elements
ArrayIndexOf	Searches for the first occurrence of a value in a one-dimensional array
ArrayLastIndexOf	Searches for the last occurrence of a value in a one-dimensional array
ArrayReverse	Changes the sequence of elements in a one-dimensional array
Compare	Compares two values, whether one of them is greater than, less than or equal to the other one
Equals	Compares two values for equality
GetHashCode	Calculates the hash code value

Last updated on 2026-07-24