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Delegate.Equality Operator

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Determines whether the specified delegates are equal.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Operator = ( _
    d1 As Delegate, _
    d2 As Delegate _
) As Boolean

public static bool operator ==(
    Delegate d1,
    Delegate d2
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if d1 is equal to d2; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
MethodAccessException

Application code attempts to access this member late-bound, for example, by using the Type.InvokeMember method.

Remarks

Two delegates of the same type with the same targets, methods, and invocation lists are considered equal.

If the two delegates are not of the same type, they are not considered equal.

The methods and targets are compared for equality as follows:

  • If the two methods being compared are both static and are the same method on the same class, the methods are considered equal and the targets are also considered equal.

  • If the two methods being compared are instance methods and are the same method on the same object, the methods are considered equal and the targets are also considered equal.

  • Otherwise, the methods are not considered to be equal and the targets are also not considered to be equal.

Two invocation lists are considered identical if they have the same order and the corresponding elements from the two lists represent the same method and target.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.