Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition

10.1. The Issues with Non-Generic Collections

When the .NET platform was first released, programmers frequently used the System.Collections namespace of mscorlib.dll. Here, developers were provided with a set of classes that allowed them to manage and organize large amounts of data. Table 10-1 documents some of the more commonly used collection classes, and the core interfaces they implement.

Table 10.1. Commonly used Classes of System.Collections

System.Collections Class	Meaning in Life	Key Implemented Interfaces
ArrayList	Represents a dynamically sized collection of objects listed in sequential order.	IList, ICollection, IEnumerable, and ICloneable
Hashtable	Represents a collection of key/value pairs that are organized based on the hash code of the ...