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AssemblyName.ReferenceMatchesDefinition Method

May 02, 2013

Returns a value that indicates whether two assembly names are the same. The comparison is based on the simple assembly names

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public static bool ReferenceMatchesDefinition(
	AssemblyName reference,
	AssemblyName definition
)

reference: Type: System.Reflection.AssemblyName
The reference assembly name.

definition: Type: System.Reflection.AssemblyName
The assembly name that is compared to the reference assembly.

Type: System.Boolean
true if the simple assembly names are the same; otherwise, false.

The comparison depends only on the simple assembly name. It ignores version, culture, and public key token.

Supported in: 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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