Initializing Lookup

Question

How do i declare a new lookup class for a property in the object initializer routine in c#?

E.g.

new Component() { ID = 1, Name = \"MOBO\", Category          


        

Answer 1

If you just need to return an empty ILookup for some reason you can return one from an empty dictionary. For example, to make an ILookup, you can use this:

return new Dictionary().ToLookup(kvp => kvp.Key, kvp => kvp.Value);

Unfortunately this is the most concise way I can see to do it without having to make a class that implements ILookup yourself.