Can't add keyValuePair directly to Dictionary

Question

I wanted to add a KeyValuePair to a Dictionary and I couldn\'t. I have to pass the key and the value separately, which must

Answer 1

There is such a method – ICollection>.Add but as it is explicitly implemented you need to cast your dictionary object to that interface to access it.

((ICollection>)myDict).Add(myPair);

See

• List of Explicit Interface Implementations on Dictionary's documentation page (you'll need to scroll down).
• Explicit member implementation

The page on this method includes an example.