If you’ve spent any time with .Net Webservices, you’ve probably seen this error:
System.NotSupportedException: The type System.Collections.Hashtable is not supported because it implements IDictionary.
Recently my co-worker Chelsea and I devised a way to get around this. Hashtables are essentially collections of DictionaryEntrys with some extras to make certain functions. So, all you have to do is convert from a Hashtable to a List<DictionaryEntry>. Here’s how:
private static List<DictionaryEntry> ConvertHashToDictionaryEntryList(Hashtable source)
{
var resultList = new List<DictionaryEntry>();
foreach (DictionaryEntry item in source)
resultList.Add(item);
return resultList;
}
Hope this helps! Happy coding.
