2010-04-07 Jb Evain <jbevain@novell.com>
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1 //
2 // Comparer
3 //
4 // Authors:
5 // Ben Maurer (bmaurer@ximian.com)
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29 using System;
30 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
32 namespace System.Collections.Generic {
33 [Serializable]
34 public abstract class EqualityComparer <T> : IEqualityComparer, IEqualityComparer <T> {
36 static EqualityComparer ()
38 if (typeof (IEquatable <T>).IsAssignableFrom (typeof (T)))
39 _default = (EqualityComparer <T>) Activator.CreateInstance (typeof (GenericEqualityComparer <>).MakeGenericType (typeof (T)));
40 else
41 _default = new DefaultComparer ();
45 public abstract int GetHashCode (T obj);
46 public abstract bool Equals (T x, T y);
48 static readonly EqualityComparer <T> _default;
50 public static EqualityComparer <T> Default {
51 get {
52 return _default;
56 int IEqualityComparer.GetHashCode (object obj)
58 return GetHashCode ((T)obj);
61 bool IEqualityComparer.Equals (object x, object y)
63 if (!(x is T))
64 throw new ArgumentException ("Argument is not compatible", "x");
65 if (!(y is T))
66 throw new ArgumentException ("Argument is not compatible", "y");
67 return Equals ((T)x, (T)y);
70 [Serializable]
71 sealed class DefaultComparer : EqualityComparer<T> {
73 public override int GetHashCode (T obj)
75 if (obj == null)
76 return 0;
77 return obj.GetHashCode ();
80 public override bool Equals (T x, T y)
82 if (x == null)
83 return y == null;
85 return x.Equals (y);
90 [Serializable]
91 #if MONOTOUCH
92 internal
93 #endif
94 sealed class GenericEqualityComparer <T> : EqualityComparer <T> where T : IEquatable <T> {
96 public override int GetHashCode (T obj)
98 if (obj == null)
99 return 0;
100 return obj.GetHashCode ();
103 public override bool Equals (T x, T y)
105 if (x == null)
106 return y == null;
108 return x.Equals (y);