# IResourceCollection

- Kind: `interface`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/IResourceCollection.cs)
- Implements: [ICollection<IResource>](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iresource.md), [IEnumerable<IResource>](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iresource.md), [IList<IResource>](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iresource.md), `IEnumerable`

Represents a collection of resources.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel;

public interface IResourceCollection
    : System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResource>,
      System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResource>,
      System.Collections.Generic.IList<Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel.IResource>,
      System.Collections.IEnumerable
{
    // ...
}
```

## Methods

- [TryGetByName(string, IResource?)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iresourcecollection/methods.md#trygetbyname-string-iresource) : `bool` `virtual` -- Attempts to find a resource by its name.