XNodeEqualityComparer.IEqualityComparer.Equals Method
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Compares the values of two nodes.
Namespace: System.Xml.Linq
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Private Function Equals ( _
x As Object, _
y As Object _
) As Boolean Implements IEqualityComparer.Equals
bool IEqualityComparer.Equals(
Object x,
Object y
)
Parameters
- x
Type: System.Object
The first XNode to compare.
- y
Type: System.Object
The second XNode to compare.
Return Value
Type: System.Boolean
true if the nodes are equal; otherwise false.
Implements
Remarks
The following criteria determine whether two nodes are equal:
A nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) node is equal to another nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) node but unequal to a non-nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) node.
Two XNode objects of different types are never equal.
Two XText nodes are equal if they contain the same text.
Two XElement nodes are equal if they have the same tag name, the same set of attributes with the same values, and (ignoring comments and processing instructions), contain two equa-length sequences of pairwise equal content nodes.
Two XDocument objects are equal if their root nodes are equal.
Two XComment nodes are equal if they contain the same comment text.
Two XProcessingInstruction nodes are equal if they have the same target and data.
Two XDocumentType nodes are equal if the have the same name, public ID, system ID, and internal subset.
Version Information
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.
See Also