Question

I got next code:

private Dictionary<int?, byte[]> GetAllLocalScanFiles()
{
    using (DZine_IStylingEntities ctxLocal = new DZine_IStylingEntities())
    {
        _scanDictionaryLocal = ctxLocal.tblScan
                .Select(s => new { s.MEMBERID, s.scanFileAvatar })
                .AsParallel()
                .ToDictionary(s => s.MEMBERID, s => s.scanFileAvatar);
    }
    return _scanDictionaryLocal;
}

I want to change the Ditionary in Dictionary<int?, ScanClass>

ScanClass is an Object

public class ScanClass
{
    public byte[] ScanFileAvatar { get; set; }
    public byte[] Hair { get; set; }
}

Is it possible to give an object for the value of a Dictionary?
PS I don’t want to do this with a lookup.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Sounds like you probably want something like:

private Dictionary<int?, ScanClass> GetAllLocalScanFiles()
{
    using (DZine_IStylingEntities ctxLocal = new DZine_IStylingEntities())
    {
        return ctxLocal.tblScan
                 .Select(s => new { s.MEMBERID, s.scanFileAvatar, s.hair })
                 .AsParallel()
                 .ToDictionary(s => s.MEMBERID, s => new ScanClass {
                                   hair = s.hair,
                                   scanFileAvatar = s.scanFileAvatar
                               });
    }
}

That’s assuming you have a hair property in your original entity.

It’s not clear that AsParallel is really going to help you here though. You might want to consider using AsEnumerable() instead, unless you have a reason to parallelize this.