Is it preferable to return a Dictionary<int, int> or an int[][] on a WCF response? Or does it not matter?
Is it preferable to return a Dictionary<int, int> or an int[][] on a WCF
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Is it preferable to return a Dictionary<int, int> or an int[][] on a WCF response? Or does it not matter?
They really are two very different things, and serve different purposes.
You’d probably want to return
Dictionary<int,int>if you’re trying to return a mapping from single integers to other single integer values.If, however, you are returning multiple “lists” of integer values, then a jagged array would be appropriate. In this case, you’d be return an array of arrays of integers: basically, multiple numerical value collections.