IEqualityComparer.Equals Method
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XNodeEqualityComparer.IEqualityComparer.Equals Method

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Compares the values of two nodes.

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

'Declaration
Private Function Equals ( _
	x As Object, _
	y As Object _
) As Boolean Implements IEqualityComparer.Equals

Parameters

x
Type: System.Object
The first XNode to compare.
y
Type: System.Object
The second XNode to compare.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the nodes are equal; otherwise false.

Implements

IEqualityComparer.Equals(Object, Object)

The following criteria determine whether two nodes are equal:

  • A Nothing node is equal to another Nothing node but unequal to a non-Nothing node.

  • Two XNode objects of different types are never equal.

  • Two XText nodes are equal if they contain the same text.

  • Two XElement nodes are equal if they have the same tag name, the same set of attributes with the same values, and (ignoring comments and processing instructions), contain two equa-length sequences of pairwise equal content nodes.

  • Two XDocument objects are equal if their root nodes are equal.

  • Two XComment nodes are equal if they contain the same comment text.

  • Two XProcessingInstruction nodes are equal if they have the same target and data.

  • Two XDocumentType nodes are equal if the have the same name, public ID, system ID, and internal subset.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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