Tuple<T1, T2, T3>.IStructuralEquatable.Equals Method

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Returns a value that indicates whether the current Tuple<T1, T2, T3> object is equal to a specified object based on a specified comparison method.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Private Function Equals ( _
    other As Object, _
    comparer As IEqualityComparer _
) As Boolean Implements IStructuralEquatable.Equals
bool IStructuralEquatable.Equals(
    Object other,
    IEqualityComparer comparer
)

Parameters

  • other
    Type: System.Object
    The object to compare with this instance.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the current instance is equal to the specified object; otherwise, false.

Implements

IStructuralEquatable.Equals(Object, IEqualityComparer)

Remarks

This member is an explicit interface member implementation. It can be used only when the Tuple<T1, T2, T3> instance is cast to an IStructuralEquatable interface.

The IEqualityComparer.Equals implementation is called only if other is not nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), and if it can be successfully cast (in C#) or converted (in Visual Basic) to a Tuple<T1, T2, T3> object whose components are of the same types as the current instance. The Tuple<T1, T2, T3>.IStructuralEquatable.Equals method first passes the Item1 values of the Tuple<T1, T2, T3> objects to be compared to the IEqualityComparer.Equals implementation. If this method call returns true, the method is called again and passed the Item2 values of the two Tuple<T1, T2, T3> objects. If this method call returns true again, the method is called a third time and passed the Item3 values of the two Tuple<T1, T2, T3> objects.

Examples

The following example defines an Item2Comparer class that implements the IEqualityComparer interface and changes the way in which Tuple<T1, T2, T3> objects are evaluated for equality. The method always returns true when it is passed the Item1 property values of two Tuple<T1, T2, T3> objects, and it calls the Tuple<T1, T2, T3>.IStructuralEquatable.Equals method to evaluate their Item2 property values. If this method call returns true, their Item3 property values are passed to the method, which always returns true. As a result, the method tests for equality based only on the value of the Item2 property. The output illustrates the result for a data set of Tuple<T1, T2, T3> objects that record the names, mean test score, and number of tests of students in a class.

Imports System.Collections

Public Class Item2Comparer(Of T1, T2, T3) : Implements IEqualityComparer

   Public Overloads Function Equals(ByVal x As Object, ByVal y As Object) As Boolean _
                   Implements IEqualityComparer.Equals
      ' Return true for all values of Item1.
      If TypeOf x Is T1 Then
         Return True
      ElseIf TypeOf x Is T2 Then
         Return x.Equals(y)
      Else
         Return True
      End If
   End Function

   Public Overloads Function GetHashCode(ByVal obj As Object) As Integer _
                    Implements IEqualityComparer.GetHashCode
      If TypeOf obj Is T1 Then
         Return CType(obj, T1).GetHashCode()
      ElseIf TypeOf obj Is T2 Then
         Return CType(obj, T2).GetHashCode()
      Else
         Return CType(obj, T3).GetHashCode()
      End If
   End Function
End Class

Module Example
   Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Dim scores() = _
                { Tuple.Create("Ed", 78.8, 8), _
                  Tuple.Create("Abbey", 92.1, 9), _ 
                  Tuple.Create("Jim", 71.2, 9), _
                  Tuple.Create("Sam", 91.7, 8), _
                  Tuple.Create("Sandy", 71.2, 5), _
                  Tuple.Create("Penelope", 82.9, 8), _
                  Tuple.Create("Serena", 71.2, 9), _
                  Tuple.Create("Judith", 84.3, 9) }

      For ctr As Integer = 0 To scores.Length - 1
         Dim score As IStructuralEquatable = scores(ctr)
         For ctr2 As Integer = ctr + 1 To scores.Length - 1
            outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} = {1}: {2}", score, _
                              scores(ctr2), _
                              score.Equals(scores(ctr2), _ 
                                           new Item2Comparer(Of String, Double, Integer))) + vbCrLf
         Next
         outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Abbey, 92.1, 9): False
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Jim, 71.2, 9): False
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Sam, 91.7, 8): False
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): False
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
'      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
'      
'      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Jim, 71.2, 9): False
'      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Sam, 91.7, 8): False
'      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): False
'      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
'      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
'      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
'
'      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Sam, 91.7, 8): False
'      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): True
'      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
'      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): True
'      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
'
'      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): False
'      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
'      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
'      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
'
'      (Sandy, 71.2, 5) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
'      (Sandy, 71.2, 5) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): True
'      (Sandy, 71.2, 5) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
'
'      (Penelope, 82.9, 8) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
'      (Penelope, 82.9, 8) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
'
'      (Serena, 71.2, 9) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
using System;
using System.Collections;

public class Item2Comparer<T1, T2, T3> : IEqualityComparer
{
   new public bool Equals(object x, object y)
   {
      // Return true for all values of Item1.
      if (x is T1)
         return true;
      else if (x is T2)
         return x.Equals(y);
      else
         return true;
   }

   public int GetHashCode(object obj)
   {
      if (obj is T1)
         return ((T1)obj).GetHashCode();
      else if (obj is T2)
         return ((T2)obj).GetHashCode();
      else
         return ((T3)obj).GetHashCode();
   }
}

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      Tuple<string, double, int>[] scores = 
           { Tuple.Create("Ed", 78.8, 8),
             Tuple.Create("Abbey", 92.1, 9), 
             Tuple.Create("Jim", 71.2, 9),
             Tuple.Create("Sam", 91.7, 8), 
             Tuple.Create("Sandy", 71.2, 5),
             Tuple.Create("Penelope", 82.9, 8),
             Tuple.Create("Serena", 71.2, 9),
             Tuple.Create("Judith", 84.3, 9) };

      for (int ctr = 0; ctr < scores.Length; ctr++)
      {
         IStructuralEquatable score = scores[ctr];
         for (int ctr2 = ctr + 1; ctr2 < scores.Length; ctr2++)
         {
            outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} = {1}: {2}", score,
                              scores[ctr2],
                              score.Equals(scores[ctr2],
                                           new Item2Comparer<string, double, int>())) + "\n";
         }
         outputBlock.Text += "\n";
      }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Abbey, 92.1, 9): False
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Jim, 71.2, 9): False
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Sam, 91.7, 8): False
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): False
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
//      (Ed, 78.8, 8) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
//
//      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Jim, 71.2, 9): False
//      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Sam, 91.7, 8): False
//      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): False
//      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
//      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
//      (Abbey, 92.1, 9) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
//      
//      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Sam, 91.7, 8): False
//      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): True
//      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
//      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): True
//      (Jim, 71.2, 9) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
//
//      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Sandy, 71.2, 5): False
//      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
//      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
//      (Sam, 91.7, 8) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
//
//      (Sandy, 71.2, 5) = (Penelope, 82.9, 8): False
//      (Sandy, 71.2, 5) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): True
//      (Sandy, 71.2, 5) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
//
//      (Penelope, 82.9, 8) = (Serena, 71.2, 9): False
//      (Penelope, 82.9, 8) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False
//
//      (Serena, 71.2, 9) = (Judith, 84.3, 9): False

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

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