/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the specified Cell object is equivalent to this
/// one based on the given fingerprint.
/// </summary>
public bool Equivalent(Cell other, Fingerprint fingerprint)
{
if (!other.IsKindOf(this))
{
return false;
}
if (!fingerprint.Equivalent(other.fingerprint))
{
return false;
}
return IsEquivalent(other, fingerprint);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the specified Cell object is equivalent to this
/// one.
/// </summary>
/// A Cell is said to be equivalent to the other if its fingerprint is
/// equivalent to the other's, and all the fingerprinted properties of
/// the other exactly matches with their counterparts.
/// <remarks>
/// Given two Cell objects x and y, x.IsEquivalent(y) returns true if:
/// <list type="bullet">
/// <item>x.fingerprint.IsEquivalent(y.fingerprint) returns true.
/// </item>
/// <item>All the fingerprinted properties in x are equal to those
/// in y.</item>
/// </list>
/// </remarks>
public virtual bool IsEquivalent(Cell other)
{
if (!other.IsKindOf(this))
{
return false;
}
if (!fingerprint.IsEquivalent(other.fingerprint))
{
return false;
}
return true;
}