XNodeEqualityComparer.IEqualityComparer.Equals Method

Syntax

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

bool IEqualityComparer.Equals(
    Object x,
    Object y
)

Implements

IEqualityComparer.Equals(Object, Object)

Remarks

The following criteria determine whether two nodes are equal:

• A nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) node is equal to another nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) node but unequal to a non-nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) 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.

Version Information

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

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