Are there any implementations of multiset for .Net?

Question

I\'m looking for a .Net implementation of a multiset. Can anyone recommend a good one?

(A multiset, or bag, is a set that can have duplicate values, and on which you

Answer 1

public class Multiset: ICollection
{
    private readonly Dictionary data;

    public Multiset() 
    {
        data = new Dictionary();
    }

    private Multiset(Dictionary data)
    {
        this.data = data;
    }

    public void Add(T item)
    {
        int count = 0;
        data.TryGetValue(item, out count);
        count++;
        data[item] = count;
    }

    public void Clear()
    {
        data.Clear();
    }

    public Multiset Except(Multiset another)
    {
        Multiset copy = new Multiset(new Dictionary(data));
        foreach (KeyValuePair kvp in another.data)
        {
            int count;
            if (copy.data.TryGetValue(kvp.Key, out count))
            {
                if (count > kvp.Value)
                {
                    copy.data[kvp.Key] = count - kvp.Value;
                }
                else
                {
                    copy.data.Remove(kvp.Key);
                }
            }
        }
        return copy;
    }

    public Multiset Intersection(Multiset another)
    {
        Dictionary newData = new Dictionary();
        foreach (T t in data.Keys.Intersect(another.data.Keys))
        {
            newData[t] = Math.Min(data[t], another.data[t]);
        }
        return new Multiset(newData);
    }

    public bool Contains(T item)
    {
        return data.ContainsKey(item);
    }

    public void CopyTo(T[] array, int arrayIndex)
    {
        foreach (KeyValuePair kvp in data)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < kvp.Value; i++)
            {
                array[arrayIndex] = kvp.Key;
                arrayIndex++;
            }
        }
    }

    public IEnumerable Mode()
    {
        if (!data.Any())
        {
            return Enumerable.Empty();
        }
        int modalFrequency = data.Values.Max();
        return data.Where(kvp => kvp.Value == modalFrequency).Select(kvp => kvp.Key);
    }

    public int Count
    {
        get 
        {
            return data.Values.Sum();
        }
    }

    public bool IsReadOnly
    {
        get 
        { 
            return false; 
        }
    }

    public bool Remove(T item)
    {
        int count;
        if (!data.TryGetValue(item, out count))
        {
            return false;
        }
        count--;
        if (count == 0)
        {
            data.Remove(item);
        }
        else
        {
            data[item] = count;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
    {
        return new MultisetEnumerator(this);
    }

    System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        return new MultisetEnumerator(this);
    }

    private class MultisetEnumerator : IEnumerator
    {
        public MultisetEnumerator(Multiset multiset)
        {
            this.multiset = multiset;
            baseEnumerator = multiset.data.GetEnumerator();
            index = 0;
        }

        private readonly Multiset multiset;
        private readonly IEnumerator> baseEnumerator;
        private int index;

        public T Current
        {
            get 
            {
                return baseEnumerator.Current.Key;
            }
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            baseEnumerator.Dispose();
        }

        object System.Collections.IEnumerator.Current
        {
            get 
            {
                return baseEnumerator.Current.Key;
            }
        }

        public bool MoveNext()
        {
            KeyValuePair kvp = baseEnumerator.Current;
            if (index < (kvp.Value - 1))
            {
                index++;
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                bool result = baseEnumerator.MoveNext();
                index = 0;
                return result;
            }
        }

        public void Reset()
        {
            baseEnumerator.Reset();
        }
    }
}