Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5>.IStructuralEquatable.Equals Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Tuple.cs

Returns a value that indicates whether the current Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> object is equal to a specified object based on a specified comparison method.

C#

bool IStructuralEquatable.Equals(object other, System.Collections.IEqualityComparer comparer);

Parameters

other

Object

The object to compare with this instance.

comparer

IEqualityComparer

An object that defines the method to use to evaluate whether the two objects are equal.

Returns

Boolean

true if the current instance is equal to the specified object; otherwise, false.

Implements

Equals(Object, IEqualityComparer)

Examples

The following example defines a DoubleComparer class that implements the IEqualityComparer interface. The example instantiates two Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> objects by using a random number generator to populate their second through fifth components, casts the first instance to an IStructuralEquatable interface, and then uses a DoubleComparer object to test the two Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> objects for approximate equality.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections;

public class DoubleComparer<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5> : IEqualityComparer
{
   private double difference;
   private int argument = 0;
   
   public DoubleComparer(double difference)
   {
      this.difference = difference;
   }
   
   new public bool Equals(object x, object y)
   { 
      argument += 1;
      
      // Return true for Item1.
      if (argument == 1) return true;

      double d1 = (double) x;
      double d2 = (double) y;

      if (d1 - d2 < d1 * difference)
         return true;
      else            
         return false;
   }
   
   public int GetHashCode(object obj)
   {
      if (obj is T1)
         return ((T1) obj).GetHashCode();
      else if (obj is T2)
         return ((T2) obj).GetHashCode();
      else if (obj is T3)
         return ((T3) obj).GetHashCode();
      else if (obj is T4)
         return ((T4) obj).GetHashCode();
      else
         return ((T5) obj).GetHashCode();   
   }
}

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      var value1 = GetValues(1);
      var value2 = GetValues(2);
      IStructuralEquatable iValue1 = value1;
      Console.WriteLine("{0} =\n{1} :\n{2}", value1, value2, 
                        iValue1.Equals(value2, 
                        new DoubleComparer<int, double, double, double, double>(.01)));
   }

   private static Tuple<int, double, double, double, double> GetValues(int ctr)
   {
      // Generate four random numbers between 0 and 1
      Random rnd = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks >> 32 >> ctr);
      return Tuple.Create(ctr, rnd.NextDouble(), rnd.NextDouble(), 
                          rnd.NextDouble(), rnd.NextDouble());
   }                                   
}

Remarks

This member is an explicit interface member implementation. It can be used only when the Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> instance is cast to an IStructuralEquatable interface.

The IEqualityComparer.Equals implementation is called only if other is not null, and if it can be successfully cast (in C#) or converted (in Visual Basic) to a Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> object whose components are of the same types as the current instance. The IStructuralEquatable.Equals(Object, IEqualityComparer) method first passes the Item1 values of the Tuple<T1,T2,T3,T4,T5> 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,T4,T5> objects. This continues until the method call returns false when it compares a specific pair of Item values, or the two Item5 values are passed to the method.

Applies to