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CompareInfo.GetCompareInfo Method (String, Assembly)

.NET Framework 1.1

Initializes a new instance of the CompareInfo class that is associated with the culture having the specified name and uses string comparison methods in the specified Assembly.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Shared Function GetCompareInfo( _
   ByVal name As String, _
   ByVal assembly As Assembly _
) As CompareInfo
[C#]
public static CompareInfo GetCompareInfo(
 string name,
 Assembly assembly
);
[C++]
public: static CompareInfo* GetCompareInfo(
 String* name,
 Assembly* assembly
);
[JScript]
public static function GetCompareInfo(
   name : String,
 assembly : Assembly
) : CompareInfo;

Parameters

name: A string representing the culture name.
assembly: An Assembly that contains the string comparison methods to use.

Return Value

A new instance of the CompareInfo class that is associated with the culture having the specified name and uses string comparison methods in the specified Assembly.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	name is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). -or- assembly is a null reference (Nothing).
ArgumentException	name is an invalid culture name. -or- assembly is of an invalid type.

Exception Type

Condition

ArgumentNullException

name is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

-or-

assembly is a null reference (Nothing).

ArgumentException

name is an invalid culture name.

-or-

assembly is of an invalid type.

Remarks

The assembly parameter must be of the same type as Module.Assembly.

If a security decision depends on a string comparison or a case-change operation, use the InvariantCulture to ensure that the behavior will be consistent regardless of the culture settings of the system.

Requirements