CollectionAssert.AreNotEquivalent Method (ICollection, ICollection, String)

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Verifies that two specified collections are not equivalent. The assertion fails if the collections are 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 AreNotEquivalent ( _
    expected As ICollection, _
    actual As ICollection, _
    message As String _
)

'Usage
Dim expected As ICollection 
Dim actual As ICollection 
Dim message As String 

CollectionAssert.AreNotEquivalent(expected, _
    actual, message)

public static void AreNotEquivalent(
    ICollection expected,
    ICollection actual,
    string message
)

public:
static void AreNotEquivalent(
    ICollection^ expected, 
    ICollection^ actual, 
    String^ message
)

public static function AreNotEquivalent(
    expected : ICollection, 
    actual : ICollection, 
    message : String
)

Parameters

  • expected
    Type: System.Collections.ICollection

    The first collection to compare. This contains the elements the unit test expects to be different from the actual collection.

  • 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

The two collections contain the same elements, including the same number of duplicate occurrences of each element.

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

CollectionAssert Members

AreNotEquivalent Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes