Type.Equals Method (Object)
.NET Framework 4.5
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- o
- Type: System.Object
The object whose underlying system type is to be compared with the underlying system type of the current Type.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the underlying system type of o is the same as the underlying system type of the current Type; otherwise, false. This method also returns false if the object specified by the o parameter is not a Type.
Implements
_Type.Equals(Object)_MemberInfo.Equals(Object)
This method overrides Object.Equals.
The following example uses Equals to compare two Object instances.
using System; using System.Reflection; class Example { public static void Main() { Type a = typeof(System.Object); Type b = typeof(System.Object); Console.WriteLine("{0} == {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)); // The Type objects in a and b are equal, // because they represent System.Object. a = typeof(Example); b = new Example().GetType(); Console.WriteLine("{0} is equal to {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)); // The Type objects in a and b are equal, // because they both represent type Example. b = typeof(Object); Console.WriteLine("typeof({0}).Equals(typeof({1})): {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)); // The Type objects in a and b are not equal, // because variable a represents type Example // and variable b represents type Object. //Console.ReadLine(); } } // /* This code example produces the following output: System.Object == System.Object: True Example is equal to Example: True typeof(Example).Equals(typeof(System.Type)): False */
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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