5 // Ben Maurer (bmaurer@ximian.com)
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31 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
33 namespace System.Collections.Generic {
35 public abstract class EqualityComparer <T> : IEqualityComparer, IEqualityComparer <T> {
37 static EqualityComparer ()
39 if (typeof (IEquatable <T>).IsAssignableFrom (typeof (T)))
40 _default = (EqualityComparer <T>) Activator.CreateInstance (typeof (GenericEqualityComparer <>).MakeGenericType (typeof (T)));
42 _default = new DefaultComparer ();
46 public abstract int GetHashCode (T obj);
47 public abstract bool Equals (T x, T y);
49 static readonly EqualityComparer <T> _default;
51 public static EqualityComparer <T> Default {
57 int IEqualityComparer.GetHashCode (object obj)
59 return GetHashCode ((T)obj);
62 bool IEqualityComparer.Equals (object x, object y)
64 return Equals ((T)x, (T)y);
68 class DefaultComparer : EqualityComparer<T> {
70 public override int GetHashCode (T obj)
72 return obj.GetHashCode ();
75 public override bool Equals (T x, T y)
86 class GenericEqualityComparer <T> : EqualityComparer <T> where T : IEquatable <T> {
88 public override int GetHashCode (T obj)
90 return obj.GetHashCode ();
93 public override bool Equals (T x, T y)