Equals Method (XNode, XNode)
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XNodeEqualityComparer.Equals Method (XNode, XNode)

[ 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
Public Function Equals ( _
	x As XNode, _
	y As XNode _
) As Boolean

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean indicating if the nodes are equal.

Implements

IEqualityComparer(Of T).Equals(T, T)

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 equal-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.

The following example uses this class to compare two nodes.


StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
XElement xmlTree1 = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", 1),
    new XAttribute("Att2", 2),
    new XElement("Child1", 1),
    new XElement("Child2", "some content")
);
XElement xmlTree2 = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", 1),
    new XAttribute("Att2", 2),
    new XElement("Child1", 1),
    new XElement("Child2", "some content")
);
XNodeEqualityComparer equalityComparer = new XNodeEqualityComparer();
output.Append(equalityComparer.Equals(xmlTree1, xmlTree2) + Environment.NewLine);
xmlTree2.Add(new XElement("NewChild", "new content"));
output.Append(equalityComparer.Equals(xmlTree1, xmlTree2) + Environment.NewLine);

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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