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CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent Method (ICollection, ICollection, String)

Verifies that two specified collections are equivalent. The assertion fails if the collections are not equivalent. Displays a message if the assertion fails.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreEquivalent ( _
    expected As ICollection, _
    actual As ICollection, _
    message As String _
)
public static void AreEquivalent(
    ICollection expected,
    ICollection actual,
    string message
)
public:
static void AreEquivalent(
    ICollection^ expected, 
    ICollection^ actual, 
    String^ message
)
static member AreEquivalent : 
        expected:ICollection * 
        actual:ICollection * 
        message:string -> unit 
public static function AreEquivalent(
    expected : ICollection, 
    actual : ICollection, 
    message : String
)

Parameters

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

Exceptions

Exception Condition
AssertFailedException

An element was found in one of the collections but not in the other.

Remarks

Two collections are equivalent if they have the same elements in the same quantity, but in any order. Elements are equal if their values are equal, not if they refer to the same object.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

CollectionAssert Class

AreEquivalent Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes