I have created a employee id tabview list i have to change it to dictionary - mvvm

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i have used list with mvvm but my seniors told me use
dict<string, Employee> =
{
{"Employee 1" ,{id, emailid , name , father name , employee id , adddress}}
{"Employee 2" ,{id, emailid , name , father name , employee id , adddress}}
{"Employee 3" ,{id, emailid , name , father name , employee id , adddress}}
{"Employee 4" ,{id, emailid , name , father name , employee id , adddress}}
{"Employee 5" ,{id, emailid , name , father name , employee id , adddress}}
}
i am not able to change it to dictionary can anyone do it or give me some reference

Answer 1

Dictionaries are key-value collections. For every item, you have to specify a unique id.
For example:
var EmployeesDictionary = new Dictionary<string, Employee>();
EmployeesDictionary["empId"] = new Employee();
In your case you could populate your collection like that:
private record Employee(
int Id,
string EmpTab,
string EmailId,
string Name,
string FatherName,
string EmpId,
string Address);
private void LoadEmployees()
{
var EmployeesDictionary = new Dictionary<int, Employee>();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
EmployeesDictionary.Add(i, new Employee(
Id: i,
EmpTab: "EmptTab",
EmailId: "Email",
Name: "Name",
FatherName: "FatherName",
EmpId: "EmpId",
Address: "Address"));
}
}
You also could convert your list using LINQ:
private record Employee(
int Id,
string EmpTab,
string EmailId,
string Name,
string FatherName,
string EmpId,
string Address);
private void LoadEmplEmployees()
{
var EmployeesDictionary = new List<Employee>();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
EmployeesDictionary.Add(new Employee(
Id: i,
EmpTab: "EmptTab",
EmailId: "Email",
Name: "Name",
FatherName: "FatherName",
EmpId: "EmpId",
Address: "Address"));
}
EmployeesDictionary.ToDictionary(e => e.Id, e => e);
}
Dictionary Reference
LINQ ToDictionary Reference