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Decreases the reference count for a given key by one. Returns true if the reference count reaches zero. Removes the key from the collection when the reference count reaches zero. Throw an ArgumentException if the key is not found.

Namespace: net.esper.collection
Assembly:   NEsper (in NEsper.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Function Dereference ( _
	key As K _
) As Boolean
C#
public virtual bool Dereference (
	K key
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual bool Dereference (
	K key
)

Parameters

key
K type parameter of net.esper.collection.RefCountedMap<(Of K, V>).
to de-reference

Return Value

true to indicate the reference count reached zero, false to indicate more references to the key exist.