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CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent Method (ICollection, ICollection)

 

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

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

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public static void AreEquivalent(
	ICollection expected,
	ICollection actual
)

Parameters

expected
Type: System.Collections.ICollection

The first collection to compare. This contains the elements the unit test expects.

actual
Type: System.Collections.ICollection

The second collection to compare. This is the collection the unit test produced.

Exception Condition
AssertFailedException

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

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.

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