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Assert.AreEqual<T> Method (T, T, String)

Visual Studio 2012

Verifies that two specified generic type data are equal by using the equality operator. The assertion fails if they are not equal. Displays a message if the assertion fails.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

public static void AreEqual<T>(
	T expected,
	T actual,
	string message
)

Type Parameters

T

Parameters

expected: Type: T
The first generic type data to compare. This is the generic type data the unit test expects.

actual: Type: T
The second generic type data to compare. This is the generic type data the unit test produced.

message: Type: String
A message to display if the assertion fails. This message can be seen in the unit test results.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AssertFailedException	expected is not equal to actual.

Remarks

Different numeric types are treated as equal if the logical values are equal. For example, 42L is equal to 42.

T represents the type of values to compare.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Reference

Assert Class

AreEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes

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