Can I Pass A SqlParameterCollection Object Into A SQL Command

I currently have a connection class that handles all of my database connectivity. What I am trying to do is build a SqlParameterCollection object on one page, then pass that object to my connection class. Is it possible to do this? I am not getting any compilation errors, but I can not get the parameters to be recognized. Here is what I am trying to do:





Page 1:





string sql = null;


conn.strConn = connectionstring;





sql = "sqlstring";





SqlParameterCollection newcollect = null;


newcollect.Add("@Switch",1);





conn.OpenReader(sql, newcollect);


while (conn.DR.Read())


{


read data onto page here...


}


conn.CloseReader();





Page 2 (connection class) :





public void OpenReader(string sql, SqlParameterCollection collect)


{


Conn = new SqlConnection(strConn);


Conn.Open();


Command = new SqlCommand(sql,Conn);





Command.Parameters.Add(collect); <------This is the root of my question


Command.CommandTimeout = 300;


// executes sql and fills data reader with data


DR = Command.ExecuteReader();


}





Can you do this??? And if so, can anyone tell me why the statement will not return any data? The procedure works perfectly, and will work if I use the standard way of passing the parameters to the command statement.