/// <summary>
/// Equality method between two objects of the same type.
/// Because the Equals method is strongly typed by generic constraints,
/// it is not necessary to test for the correct object type.
/// For safety we just want to match on business key value - in this case the fields
/// that cannot be different between the two objects if they are supposedly equal.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The other object of this type that we are testing equality with</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public virtual bool Equals(UserOwnedDomainEntityBase <TIdType> obj)
{
if (obj != null)
{
// Transient objects are not considered as equal
if (IsTransient() && obj.IsTransient())
{
return(false);
}
else
{
// For safe equality we need to match on business key equality.
// Base domain entities are functionally equal if their key and metadata are equal.
// Subclasses should extend to include their own enhanced equality checks, as required.
return(Id.Equals(obj.Id) && Culture.Equals(obj.Culture) && ExternalId.Equals(obj.ExternalId) &&
IsActive.Equals(obj.IsActive) && IsDeleted.Equals(obj.IsDeleted) && UserId.Equals(obj.UserId));
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Comparison method between two objects of the same type, used for sorting.
/// Because the CompareTo method is strongly typed by generic constraints,
/// it is not necessary to test for the correct object type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="other">The other object of this type we are comparing to</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public virtual int CompareTo(UserOwnedDomainEntityBase <TIdType> other)
{
// put comparison of properties in here
// for base object we'll just sort by title
return(Name.CompareTo(other.Name));
}
