Retrieve all key-value pairs in a resource file

                                   Recently i have got one of the requirement in my project to retrieve all key/value pairs in a particular resource file.We know how to  retrieve any text value in any file knowing its key.A search revealed that I might be able to use ResXResourceReader class and iterate through the pairs; however the class is unfortunately located in the System.Windows.Forms.dll and I don't want to wire that dependency to my web app.

 So finally i have achieved it .Here is the solution.

public static IDictionary<object, object> GetResourceSet(string resourceKey, string resourceFile, CultureInfo cInfo)

{

string resourceValue = "";

IDictionary<object,object> resourceDictionary=null;

if (resourcesDirectory != string.Empty)

{

try

{

resourceDictionary = new Dictionary<object, object>();

impResx = System.Resources.ResourceManager.CreateFileBasedResourceManager(resourceFile, resourcesDirectory, null);

var ResourceSet = impResx.GetResourceSet(cInfo, false, true);

foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in ResourceSet)

{

resourceDictionary.Add(entry.Key, entry.Value);

}

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

throw ex;

}

}

}