UnicodeEncoding.Equals(Object) Method

public:
 override bool Equals(System::Object ^ value);

public override bool Equals (object value);

public override bool Equals (object? value);

override this.Equals : obj -> bool

Public Overrides Function Equals (value As Object) As Boolean

Parameters

Returns

true if value is an instance of UnicodeEncoding and is equal to the current object; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Equals method to test whether the current UnicodeEncoding object is equal to a different UnicodeEncoding object. Five UnicodeEncoding objects are created and compared, and the results of the comparisons are displayed.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
void DescribeEquivalence( Boolean isEquivalent )
{
   Console::WriteLine( " {0} equivalent encoding.", (isEquivalent ? (String^)"An" : "Not an") );
}

int main()
{
   
   // Create a UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
   UnicodeEncoding^ unicode = gcnew UnicodeEncoding;
   
   // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support little-endian Byte ordering
   // and include the Unicode Byte order mark.
   UnicodeEncoding^ unicodeLittleEndianBOM = gcnew UnicodeEncoding( false,true );
   
   // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
   DescribeEquivalence( unicode->Equals( unicodeLittleEndianBOM ) );
   
   // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support little-endian Byte ordering
   // and not include the Unicode Byte order mark.
   UnicodeEncoding^ unicodeLittleEndianNoBOM = gcnew UnicodeEncoding( false,false );
   
   // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
   DescribeEquivalence( unicode->Equals( unicodeLittleEndianNoBOM ) );
   
   // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support big-endian Byte ordering
   // and include the Unicode Byte order mark.
   UnicodeEncoding^ unicodeBigEndianBOM = gcnew UnicodeEncoding( true,true );
   
   // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
   DescribeEquivalence( unicode->Equals( unicodeBigEndianBOM ) );
   
   // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support big-endian Byte ordering
   // and not include the Unicode Byte order mark.
   UnicodeEncoding^ unicodeBigEndianNoBOM = gcnew UnicodeEncoding( true,false );
   
   // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
   DescribeEquivalence( unicode->Equals( unicodeBigEndianNoBOM ) );
}

using System;
using System.Text;

class UnicodeEncodingExample {
    public static void Main() {

        // Create a UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        UnicodeEncoding unicode = new UnicodeEncoding();

        // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support little-endian byte ordering
        // and include the Unicode byte order mark.
        UnicodeEncoding unicodeLittleEndianBOM = 
            new UnicodeEncoding(false, true);
        // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicode.Equals(unicodeLittleEndianBOM));

        // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support little-endian byte ordering
        // and not include the Unicode byte order mark.
        UnicodeEncoding unicodeLittleEndianNoBOM =
            new UnicodeEncoding(false, false);
        // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicode.Equals(unicodeLittleEndianNoBOM));

        // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support big-endian byte ordering
        // and include the Unicode byte order mark.
        UnicodeEncoding unicodeBigEndianBOM =
            new UnicodeEncoding(true, true);
        // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicode.Equals(unicodeBigEndianBOM));

        // Create a UnicodeEncoding to support big-endian byte ordering
        // and not include the Unicode byte order mark.
        UnicodeEncoding unicodeBigEndianNoBOM =
            new UnicodeEncoding(true, false);
        // Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicode.Equals(unicodeBigEndianNoBOM));
    }

    public static void DescribeEquivalence(Boolean isEquivalent) {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "{0} equivalent encoding.", (isEquivalent ? "An" : "Not an")
        );
    }
}

Imports System.Text

Class UnicodeEncodingExample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create a UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        Dim unicodeDefault As New UnicodeEncoding()

        ' Create a UnicodeEncoding to support little-endian byte ordering
        ' and include the Unicode byte order mark.        
        Dim unicodeLittleEndianBOM As New UnicodeEncoding(False, True)
        ' Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicodeDefault.Equals(unicodeLittleEndianBOM))
        
        ' Create a UnicodeEncoding to support little-endian byte ordering
        ' and not include the Unicode byte order mark.
        Dim unicodeLittleEndianNoBOM As New UnicodeEncoding(False, False)
        ' Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicodeDefault.Equals(unicodeLittleEndianNoBOM))
        
        ' Create a UnicodeEncoding to support big-endian byte ordering
        ' and include the Unicode byte order mark.
        Dim unicodeBigEndianBOM As New UnicodeEncoding(True, True)
        ' Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicodeDefault.Equals(unicodeBigEndianBOM))
        
        ' Create a UnicodeEncoding to support big-endian byte ordering
        ' and not include the Unicode byte order mark.
        Dim unicodeBigEndianNoBOM As New UnicodeEncoding(True, False)
        ' Compare this UnicodeEncoding to the UnicodeEncoding without parameters.
        DescribeEquivalence(unicodeDefault.Equals(unicodeBigEndianNoBOM))
    End Sub
    
    
    Public Shared Sub DescribeEquivalence(isEquivalent As Boolean)
        Dim phrase as String
        If isEquivalent Then
            phrase = "An"
        Else
            phrase = "Not an"
        End If
        Console.WriteLine("{0} equivalent encoding.", phrase)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Two UnicodeEncoding objects are considered equal if all of the following conditions are true:

• Both objects use the same byte order (little-endian or big-endian).

• Both objects provide the byte order mark, or both do not.

• Both objects use the same encoder fallback.

• Both objects use the same decoder fallback.

Applies to

See also

• UnicodeEncoding()
• Equals(Object)