public int CompareTo(MetricSamplePacket other)
{
//First do a quick match on Guid. this is the only case we want to return zero (an exact match)
if (ID == other.ID)
{
return(0);
}
//now we want to sort by our nice increasing sequence #
int compareResult = Sequence.CompareTo(other.Sequence);
Debug.Assert(compareResult != 0); //no way we should ever get an equal at this point.
return(compareResult);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines if the provided object is identical to this object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="other">The object to compare this object to</param>
/// <returns>True if the objects represent the same data.</returns>
public bool Equals(MetricSamplePacket other)
{
//Careful - can be null
if (other == null)
{
return(false); // since we're a live object we can't be equal.
}
return((ID == other.ID) &&
(((m_MetricPacket == null) && (other.MetricPacket == null)) ||
(((m_MetricPacket != null) && (other.MetricPacket != null)) && (m_MetricPacket.ID == other.MetricPacket.ID))) &&
(base.Equals(other)));
// Bug: (?) Should Equals also be comparing on MetricID field?
// Note: I wonder if we should be digging into MetricPacket.ID fields directly like this
// or if it would be better to invoke m_MetricPacket.Equals(other.MetricPacket) (but less efficient?)
}
