/// <summary>
/// Compares two DataType instances for equivalence.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the DataTypes are equivalent, false otherwise.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Data type equivalence is looser than data type equality. So two data types
/// are equivalent if they are equal, or, in the case of object types, if they
/// have the same set of properties, by name and property type equivalence.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
public static bool Equivalent(DataType a, DataType b)
{
return a != null && b != null && a.EquivalentTo(b);
}
public bool EquivalentTo(PropertyDef other)
{
return(other != null && _name == other.Name && _propertyType.EquivalentTo(other.PropertyType));
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares two DataType instances for equivalence.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the DataTypes are equivalent, false otherwise.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Data type equivalence is looser than data type equality. So two data types
/// are equivalent if they are equal, or, in the case of object types, if they
/// have the same set of properties, by name and property type equivalence.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
public static bool Equivalent(DataType a, DataType b)
{
return(a != null && b != null && a.EquivalentTo(b));
}
public override bool EquivalentTo(DataType other)
{
var otherList = other as ListType;
return(otherList != null && _elementType.EquivalentTo(otherList.ElementType));
}