.NET ObservableDictionary

Question

I have written the following class which implements(or tries to!) a dictionary with notifications:

public partial class ObservableDictionary

        

Answer 1

I have managed to find a solution - workaround

public delegate void CollectionAlteredEventHander( object sender , EventArgs e);

public partial class ObservableDictionary : Dictionary
{

    /*Class contructors*/

    public event CollectionAlteredEventHander CollectionAltered;

    public new TValue this[TKey key]
    {
        get
        {
            return base[key];
        }
        set
        {
            OnCollectionAltered(new EventArgs());
            base[key] = value;
        }
    }

    public new void Add(TKey key, TValue value)
    {
        int idx = 0;
        if (!TryGetKeyIndex(this, key, ref idx))
        {
            base.Add(key, value);
            OnCollectionAltered(new EventArgs());
        }
    }

    public new bool Remove(TKey key)
    {
        int idx = 0; 
        if( TryGetKeyIndex( this ,key, ref idx))
        {
            OnCollectionAltered(new EventArgs());
            return base.Remove(key);
        }
        return false;
    }

    private bool TryGetKeyIndex(ObservableDictionary observableDictionary, TKey key , ref int idx)
    {
        foreach (KeyValuePair pair in observableDictionary) 
        {
            if (pair.Key.Equals(key)) 
            {
                return true;
            }
            idx++;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public new void Clear()
    {
        OnCollectionAltered(new EventArgs());
        base.Clear();            
    }

    protected virtual void OnCollectionAltered(EventArgs e)
    {
        if (CollectionAltered != null)
        {
            CollectionAltered(this, e);
        }
    }

}

I've no longer implement the INotifyCollectionChanged interface though.