Question

This is likely a simple syntax question, but I can’t figure it out.

Normally, I would do this:

public class OrderBook : IEnumerable<PriceLevel>
{
    private readonly List<PriceLevel> PriceLevels = new List<PriceLevel>();

    public IEnumerator<PriceLevel> GetEnumerator()
    {
        return PriceLevels.GetEnumerator();
    }

    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        return PriceLevels.GetEnumerator();
    }
}

But instead of a list, I want to use an array – like this:

public class ArrayOrderBook : IEnumerable<PriceLevel>
{
    private PriceLevel[] PriceLevels = new PriceLevel[500];

    public IEnumerator<PriceLevel> GetEnumerator()
    {
        return PriceLevels.GetEnumerator();
    }

    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        return PriceLevels.GetEnumerator();
    }
}

The IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() seems to compile fine – but the public IEnumerator<PriceLevel> says that I need some kind of cast – what is the best way of doing this?

William

Answer 1

Try this:

public class ArrayOrderBook : IEnumerable<PriceLevel>
{
    private PriceLevel[] PriceLevels = new PriceLevel[500];

    public IEnumerator<PriceLevel> GetEnumerator()
    {
        return PriceLevels.AsEnumerable().GetEnumerator();
    }

    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        return PriceLevels.GetEnumerator();
    }
}