public static bool IsUnorderedEqualTo <TElement>(
this IEnumerable <TElement> item1,
IEnumerable <TElement> item2,
IEqualityComparer <TElement> elementComparer = null)
{
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, item2))
{
return(true);
}
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, null) || ReferenceEquals(item2, null))
{
return(false);
}
var equalityComparerToUse = EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse(elementComparer);
// ReSharper disable once PossibleMultipleEnumeration
var item1AsList = item1.ToList();
// ReSharper disable once PossibleMultipleEnumeration
var item2AsList = item2.ToList();
if (item1AsList.Count != item2AsList.Count)
{
return(false);
}
foreach (var item1Element in item1AsList)
{
var elementFound = false;
for (var x = 0; x < item2AsList.Count; x++)
{
var item2Element = item2AsList[x];
if (equalityComparerToUse.Equals(item1Element, item2Element))
{
item2AsList.RemoveAt(x);
elementFound = true;
break;
}
}
if (!elementFound)
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares objects for equality.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects to compare.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item1">The first object to compare.</param>
/// <param name="item2">The second object to compare.</param>
/// <param name="comparer">Optional equality comparer to use to compare the objects. Default is to call <see cref="EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse{T}(IEqualityComparer{T})"/>.</param>
/// <returns>
/// - true if the two objects are equal
/// - otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
public static bool IsEqualTo <T>(
this T item1,
T item2,
IEqualityComparer <T> comparer = null)
{
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, item2))
{
return(true);
}
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, null) || ReferenceEquals(item2, null))
{
return(false);
}
var equalityComparerToUse = EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse(comparer);
var result = equalityComparerToUse.Equals(item1, item2);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares two dictionaries for equality.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TElement">The type of the elements of the input sequences.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item1">An <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/> to compare to <paramref name="item2"/>.</param>
/// <param name="item2">An <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/> to compare to the first sequence.</param>
/// <param name="elementComparer">Optional equality comparer to use to compare the elements. Default is to call <see cref="EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse{T}(IEqualityComparer{T})"/>.</param>
/// <returns>
/// - true if the two source sequences are null.
/// - false if one or the other is null.
/// - true if the two sequences are of equal length and their corresponding elements are equal according to <paramref name="elementComparer"/>.
/// - otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
public static bool IsSequenceEqualTo <TElement>(
this IEnumerable <TElement> item1,
IEnumerable <TElement> item2,
IEqualityComparer <TElement> elementComparer = null)
{
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, item2))
{
return(true);
}
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, null) || ReferenceEquals(item2, null))
{
return(false);
}
var equalityComparerToUse = EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse(elementComparer);
var result = item1.SequenceEqual(item2, equalityComparerToUse);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares two dictionaries for equality.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey">The type of keys in the dictionaries.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue">The type of values in the dictionaries.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item1">The first <see cref="IReadOnlyDictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> to compare.</param>
/// <param name="item2">The second <see cref="IReadOnlyDictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> to compare.</param>
/// <param name="valueComparer">Optional equality comparer to use to compare values. Default is to call <see cref="EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse{T}(IEqualityComparer{T})"/>.</param>
/// <returns>
/// - true if the two source dictionaries are null.
/// - false if one or the other is null.
/// - false if the dictionaries are of different length.
/// - true if the two dictionaries are of equal length and their values are equal for the same keys.
/// - otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
public static bool IsDictionaryEqualTo <TKey, TValue>(
this IDictionary <TKey, TValue> item1,
IDictionary <TKey, TValue> item2,
IEqualityComparer <TValue> valueComparer = null)
{
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, item2))
{
return(true);
}
if (ReferenceEquals(item1, null) || ReferenceEquals(item2, null))
{
return(false);
}
if (item1.Keys.Count != item2.Keys.Count)
{
return(false);
}
IEqualityComparer <TValue> valueEqualityComparerToUse = null;
foreach (var key in item1.Keys)
{
// We rely on the IEqualityComparer<T> contained within the dictionaries to compare keys.
// As such, two dictionaries that use a default equality comparer that just compares
// object references, will never be equal. For example, two dictionaries that are keyed on
// a List<string> will never be equal, regardless of whether
// item1.Keys.IsUnorderedEqualTo(item2.Keys) is true or false unless the keys are the same
// object reference.
// We took this approach because we wanted to respect the dictionary's contract for comparing
// keys. A dictionary that is keyed on a type that can only be compared by object reference
// is rare and it's own smell. In the example above, two dictionaries may well "look" like
// they are equal, but if their List<string> keys are different references, then the dictionaries
// cannot be substituted. Looking-up values using the keys of one dictionary with the other
// dictionary would fail.
//
// Note that two dictionaries keyed on DateTime, having the keys with the same number of Ticks
// but with different DateTime.Kind, will be considered equal because here we are using .NET's
// default equality comparer and not our own. There is no way to use our own while solving for
// the comments above (the reason why we use the comparer embedded in the dictionary in the first place).
if (!item2.ContainsKey(key))
{
return(false);
}
var item1Value = item1[key];
var item2Value = item2[key];
if (valueEqualityComparerToUse == null)
{
valueEqualityComparerToUse = EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse(valueComparer);
}
if (!valueEqualityComparerToUse.Equals(item1Value, item2Value))
{
return(false);
}
}
// As mentioned above, we rely on the IEqualityComparer<T> contained within the dictionaries
// to compare keys. As such, we need to check that every item1 key is contained within item2
// AND vice-versa and hence the need for the following second loop. To illustrate the need,
// take two dictionaries that are keyed on string where item1 was constructed using
// StringComparer.InvariantCulture and item1 was constructed using
// StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase. If every item1 key is upper-case and every item2
// key is lower-case, but otherwise the keys match, then the loop above would determine that
// the dictionaries are equal whereas the loop below would return false and as such these
// dictionaries are not substitutable as inputs to some consuming body of code.
foreach (var key in item2.Keys)
{
if (!item1.ContainsKey(key))
{
return(false);
}
var item1Value = item1[key];
var item2Value = item2[key];
if (valueEqualityComparerToUse == null)
{
valueEqualityComparerToUse = EqualityComparerHelper.GetEqualityComparerToUse(valueComparer);
}
if (!valueEqualityComparerToUse.Equals(item1Value, item2Value))
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}