[c#] Why use ICollection and not IEnumerable or List<T> on many-many/one-many relationships?

There are some basics difference between ICollection and IEnumerable

  • IEnumerable - contains only GetEnumerator method to get Enumerator and allows looping
  • ICollection contains additional methods: Add, Remove, Contains, Count, CopyTo
  • ICollection is inherited from IEnumerable
  • With ICollection you can modify the collection by using the methods like add/remove. You don't have the liberty to do the same with IEnumerable.

Simple Program:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace StackDemo
{
    class Program 
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<Person> persons = new List<Person>();
            persons.Add(new Person("John",30));
            persons.Add(new Person("Jack", 27));

            ICollection<Person> personCollection = persons;
            IEnumerable<Person> personEnumeration = persons;

            // IEnumeration
            // IEnumration Contains only GetEnumerator method to get Enumerator and make a looping
            foreach (Person p in personEnumeration)
            {                                   
               Console.WriteLine("Name:{0}, Age:{1}", p.Name, p.Age);
            }

            // ICollection
            // ICollection Add/Remove/Contains/Count/CopyTo
            // ICollection is inherited from IEnumerable
            personCollection.Add(new Person("Tim", 10));

            foreach (Person p in personCollection)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Name:{0}, Age:{1}", p.Name, p.Age);        
            }
            Console.ReadLine();

        }
    }

    class Person
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
        public Person(string name, int age)
        {
            this.Name = name;
            this.Age = age;
        }
    }
}

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