Collection initializers in custom classes C# with Example
To make a class support collection initializers, it must implement IEnumerable interface and have at least one Add method. Since C# 6, any collection implementing IEnumerable can be extended with custom Add methods using extension methods. class Program { static void Main() { var col = new MyCollection { "foo", { "bar", 3 }, "baz", 123.45d, }; } } class MyCollection : IEnumerable { private IList list = new ArrayList(); public void Add(string item) { list.Add(item) } public void Add(string item, int count) { for(int i=0;i< count;i++) { list.Add(item); } } public IEnumerator GetEnumerator() { return list.GetEnumerator(); } } static class MyCollectionExtensions { public static void Add(this MyCollection @this, double value) => @this.Add(value.ToString()); }