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Equals Method

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Determines whether the specified object and the current delegate are of the same type and share the same targets, methods, and invocation list.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function Equals ( _
    obj As Object _
) As Boolean
public override bool Equals(
    Object obj
)
public:
virtual bool Equals(
    Object^ obj
) override
abstract Equals : 
        obj:Object -> bool 
override Equals : 
        obj:Object -> bool 
public override function Equals(
    obj : Object
) : boolean

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if obj and the current delegate have the same targets, methods, and invocation list; otherwise, false.

Remarks

If the two delegates are not of the same type, they are not considered equal.

The methods and targets are compared for equality as follows:

  • If the two methods being compared are both static and are the same method on the same class, the methods are considered equal and the targets are also considered equal.

  • If the two methods being compared are instance methods and are the same method on the same object, the methods are considered equal and the targets are also considered equal.

  • Otherwise, the methods are not considered to be equal and the targets are also not considered to be equal.

Two invocation lists are considered identical only if they have the same order and the corresponding elements from the two lists represent the same method and target.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Delegate Class

System Namespace