Question

I came across a DbParameterCollection object, which should have an “Item” property inherited from IList, but IntelliSense does not show this object has the Item property. What’s wrong here?

Answer 1

From MSDN:

The C# language uses the this keyword
to define the indexers instead of
implementing the Item property. Visual
Basic implements Item as a default
property, which provides the same
indexing functionality.

In other words, it’s a C# syntax thing. Just use list[index] instead of list.Item(index) and you’re set.