/// <summary>
/// -99 = null input
/// -1 = wrong type
/// 0 = same type, wrong id
/// 1 = same reference (same id, same type)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public int CompareTo(ILiveData other)
{
if (other != null)
{
try
{
if (other.GetType() != GetType())
{
return(-1);
}
if (other.BirthMark.Equals(BirthMark))
{
return(1);
}
return(0);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
LoggingUtility.LogError(ex);
}
}
return(-99);
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares this object to another one to see if they are the same object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="other">the object to compare to</param>
/// <returns>true if the same object</returns>
public bool Equals(ILiveData other)
{
if (other != default(ILiveData))
{
try
{
return(other.GetType() == GetType() && other.BirthMark.Equals(BirthMark));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
LoggingUtility.LogError(ex);
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the hash code for comparison purposes
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">the thing to get the hashcode for</param>
/// <returns>the hash code</returns>
public int GetHashCode(ILiveData obj)
{
return(obj.GetType().GetHashCode() + obj.BirthMark.GetHashCode());
}
/// <summary>
/// Make a new cache key using the object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">the object</param>
public LiveCacheKey(ILiveData data)
{
ObjectType = data.GetType();
BirthMark = data.BirthMark;
}