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Contract.ForAll<T> Method (IEnumerable<T>, Predicate<T>)

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Determines whether all the elements in a collection exist within a function.

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics.Contracts
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ForAll(Of T) ( _
    collection As IEnumerable(Of T), _
    predicate As Predicate(Of T) _
) As Boolean

public static bool ForAll<T>(
    IEnumerable<T> collection,
    Predicate<T> predicate
)

Type Parameters

  • T
    The type that is contained in collection.

Parameters

  • predicate
    Type: System.Predicate<T>
    The function to evaluate for the existence of all the elements in collection.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if and only if predicate returns true for all elements of type T in collection.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

collection or predicate is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the ForAll method to determine whether a collection has a null element.

Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics.Contracts
Imports System.Collections.Generic


Class Program

    ' Start application with at least two arguments.
    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        args(1) = Nothing
        Contract.Requires(Not (args Is Nothing) AndAlso Contract.ForAll(args, Function(s) s Is Nothing))
        ' test the ForAll method.  This is only for purpose of demonstrating how ForAll works.
        CheckIndexes(args)
        Dim numbers As New Stack(Of String)
        numbers.Push("one")
        numbers.Push("two")
        numbers.Push("three")
        numbers.Push("four")
        numbers.Push("five")

        Contract.Requires(Not (numbers Is Nothing) AndAlso Not Contract.ForAll(numbers, Function(s) s Is Nothing))
        ' test the ForAll generic overload. This is only for purpose of demonstrating how ForAll works.
        CheckTypeArray(numbers)

    End Sub 'Main


    Private Shared Function CheckIndexes(ByVal args() As String) As Boolean
        Try
            If Not (args Is Nothing) AndAlso Not Contract.ForAll(0, args.Length, Function(i) args(i) Is Nothing) Then
                Throw New ArgumentException("The parameter array has a null element", "args")
            End If
            Return True
        Catch e As ArgumentException
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
            Return False
        End Try

    End Function 'CheckIndexes

    Private Shared Function CheckTypeArray(ByVal xs As Stack(Of String)) As Boolean

        Try
            If Not (xs Is Nothing) AndAlso Not Contract.ForAll(xs, Function(s) s Is Nothing) Then

                Throw New ArgumentException("The parameter array has a null element", "Stack")
            End If
            Return True

        Catch e As ArgumentException
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
            Return False
        End Try

    End Function 'CheckTypeArray
End Class 'Program

using System;
using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace AssumeEx
{
    class Program
    {
        // Start application with at least two arguments
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            args[1] = null;
            Contract.Requires(args != null && Contract.ForAll(0, args.Length, i => args[i] != null));
            // test the ForAll method.  This is only for purpose of demonstrating how ForAll works.
            CheckIndexes(args);
            Stack<string> numbers = new Stack<string>();
            numbers.Push("one");
            numbers.Push("two");
            numbers.Push(null);
            numbers.Push("four");
            numbers.Push("five");
            Contract.Requires(numbers != null && !Contract.ForAll(numbers, (String x) => x != null));
            // test the ForAll generic overload.  This is only for purpose of demonstrating how ForAll works.
            CheckTypeArray(numbers);
        }

        private static bool CheckIndexes(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                if (args != null && !Contract.ForAll(0, args.Length, i => args[i] != null))
                    throw new ArgumentException("The parameter array has a null element", "args");
                return true;
            }
            catch (ArgumentException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                return false;
            }
        }
        private static bool CheckTypeArray(IEnumerable<String> xs)
        {
            try
            {
                if (xs != null && !Contract.ForAll(xs, (String x) => x != null))
                    throw new ArgumentException("The parameter array has a null element", "indexes");
                return true;
            }
            catch (ArgumentException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
}

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

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