KellermanSoftware.Compare-NET-Objects Cache for properties, fields, and methods to speed up reflection Reflection Cache for property info Reflection Cache for field info Reflection Cache for methods Static constructor Clear the cache Get a list of the fields within a type Get the value of a property Get a list of the properties in a type Get a method by name Get the cached methods for a type CompareException with a Result Property CompareException Constructor The comparison Result A set of BDD style comparison extensions for use with Testing Frameworks Alter the configuration for the comparison Throws a CompareException if the classes are not equal Throws a CompareException if the classes are equal Class that allows comparison of two objects of the same type to each other. Supports classes, lists, arrays, dictionaries, child comparison and more. CompareLogic compareLogic = new CompareLogic(); Person person1 = new Person(); person1.DateCreated = DateTime.Now; person1.Name = "Greg"; Person person2 = new Person(); person2.Name = "John"; person2.DateCreated = person1.DateCreated; ComparisonResult result = compareLogic.Compare(person1, person2); if (!result.AreEqual) Console.WriteLine(result.DifferencesString); The default configuration Set up defaults for the comparison Pass in the configuration Compare two objects of the same type to each other. Check the Differences or DifferencesString Properties for the differences. Default MaxDifferences is 1 for performance The expected object value to compare The actual object value to compare True if they are equal Reflection properties and fields are cached. By default this cache is cleared automatically after each compare. Obsolete Use CompareLogic instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.ShowBreadcrumb instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.MembersToIgnore for members or CompareLogic.Config.ClassTypesToIgnore instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.MembersToInclude or CompareLogic.Config.ClassTypesToInclude instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CompareStaticProperties instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CompareStaticFields instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CompareChildren instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CompareReadOnly instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CompareFields instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.IgnoreCollectionOrder instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CompareProperties instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.MaxDifferences instead Obsolete Use the ComparisonResult.Differences returned from CompareLogic.Compare Obsolete Use the ComparisonResult.DifferencesString returned from CompareLogic.Compare Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.AutoClearCache instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.Caching instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.AttributesToIgnore instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.IgnoreObjectTypes instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CustomComparers instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CustomComparers instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.ExpectedName instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.ActualName instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.DifferenceCallback instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Config.CollectionMatchingSpec instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.Compare instead Obsolete Use CompareLogic.ClearCache instead Compare Parameters The configuration settings The type of the first object The type of the second object Details about the comparison A reference to the parent object1 A reference to the parent object2 The first object to be compared The second object to be compared The breadcrumb in the tree Custom comparer used to assert Object1 Configuration Default Constructor When comparing strings or StringBuilder types, perform a case sensitive comparison. The default is true. Ignore exceptions when objects are disposed Ignore millisecond differences between DateTime values or DateTimeOffset values. The default is 0 (any time difference will be shown). When comparing DateTimeOffsets, offsets will be compared as well as the UtcDateTimes. The default is false. When comparing DateTimeOffsets, timezone difference will be ignored by changing both object to their UTC equivalent value. The default is false. When comparing struct, the depth to compare for children. The default is 2, the max is 5 If true, unknown object types will be ignored instead of throwing an exception. The default is false. If true, invalid indexers will be skipped. The default is false. If a class implements an interface then only members of the interface will be compared. The default is all members are compared. Show breadcrumb at each stage of the comparision. The default is false. This is useful for debugging deep object graphs. A list of class types to be ignored in the comparison. The default is to compare all class types. Only these class types will be compared. The default is to compare all class types. If you specify a class type here no other class types will be compared unless it is in this list. A list of types to be ignored in the comparison. The default is to compare all types. A typical thing to not compare are GUIDs Only these types will be compared. The default is to compare all types. If you specify a type here no others will be compared unless it is in this list. You must specify ALL Types that you want to compare. Ignore Data Table Names, Data Table Column Names, properties, or fields by name during the comparison. Case sensitive. The default is to compare all members. MembersToIgnore.Add("CreditCardNumber"); MembersToIgnore.Add("Invoice.InvoiceGuid"); MembersToIgnore.Add("*Id"); Ignore property during the comparison. Property is specific to the generic type. IgnoreProperty<Person>(x => x.Name) Only compare elements by name for Data Table Names, Data Table Column Names, properties and fields. Case sensitive. The default is to compare all members. MembersToInclude.Add("FirstName") If true, private properties and fields will be compared. The default is false. Silverlight and WinRT restricts access to private variables. If true, private fields will be compared. The default is false. Silverlight and WinRT restricts access to private variables. If true, static properties will be compared. The default is true. If true, static fields will be compared. The default is true. If true, child objects will be compared. The default is true. If false, and a list or array is compared list items will be compared but not their children. If true, compare read only properties (only the getter is implemented). The default is true. If true, compare fields of a class (see also CompareProperties). The default is true. If true, compare each item within a collection to every item in the other. The default is false. WARNING: setting this to true significantly impacts performance. If true, compare properties of a class (see also CompareFields). The default is true. The maximum number of differences to detect. The default is 1 for performance reasons. The maximum number of differences to detect when comparing byte arrays. The default is 1. Reflection properties and fields are cached. By default this cache is cleared after each compare. Set to false to keep the cache for multiple compares. By default properties and fields for types are cached for each compare. By default this cache is cleared after each compare. A list of attributes to ignore a class, property or field AttributesToIgnore.Add(typeof(XmlIgnoreAttribute)); If true, objects will be compared ignore their type diferences. The default is false. In the differences string, this is the name for expected name. The default is: Expected In the differences string, this is the name for the actual name. The default is: Actual Callback invoked each time the comparer finds a difference. The default is no call back. Sometimes one wants to match items between collections by some key first, and then compare the matched objects. Without this, the comparer basically says there is no match in collection B for any given item in collection A that doesn't Compare with a result of true. The results of this aren't particularly useful for object graphs that are mostly the same, but not quite. Enter CollectionMatchingSpec The enumerable strings should be property (not field, for now, to keep it simple) names of the Type when encountered that will be used for matching You can use complex type properties, too, as part of the key to match. To match on all props/fields on such a matching key, Don't set this property (default comparer behavior) NOTE: types are looked up as exact. e.g. if foo is an entry in the dictionary and bar is a sub-class of foo, upon encountering a bar type, the comparer will not find the entry of foo A list of custom comparers that take priority over the built in comparers A list of custom property comparers that take priority over the built in and type comparers If true, string.empty and null will be treated as equal for Strings and String Builder. The default is false. If true, leading and trailing whitespaces will be ignored for Strings and String Builder. The default is false. The precision to compare double values. The default is 0. The precision to compare decimal values. The default is 0. Backing member that supports Computed value of whether or not exclusion list has wildcards. Reset the configuration to the default values Details about the comparison Keep track of parent objects in the object hierarchy Set the configuration for the comparison Keep track of the depth of structs being compared. Used with ComparisonConfig.MaxStructDepth Configuration Used to time how long the comparison took The amount of time in milliseconds it took for the comparison The differences found during the compare The differences found in a string suitable for a textbox Returns true if the objects are equal Returns true if the number of differences has reached the maximum Add parent, handle references count Remove parent, handle references count Returns true if we have encountered this parent before Get custom validator based on property Get validator for a member of an expando object Get validator for a member Detailed information about the difference Name of Expected Object Name of Actual Object Returns the parent property name The breadcrumb of the property leading up to the value The child property name Object1 Value as a string Object2 Value as a string The type of the first object The type of the second object A reference to the parent of object1 A reference to the parent of object2 Object1 as a reference Object2 as a reference Prefix to put on the beginning of the message Item and property name only The type and index of what is compared Nicely formatted string Exclude types depending upon the configuration Exclude a member of an expando object Returns true if the property or field should be excluded Returns true if the property or field should be exluded by wilcard Check if the class should be exluded by Attribute Check if the class type should be excluded based on the configuration Check if any type has attributes that should be bypassed Helper methods for files and directories Get the current directory of the executing assembly Ensure the passed string ends with a directory separator character unless the string is blank. The string to append the backslash to. String with a "/" on the end Config object for HtmlReport The header value of the Bread Crumb column The header value of the Expected column The header value of the Actual column If true, the output will be complete html, if false, it will just be the table Setting this will overwrite the default html header (html, head, body tags) Setting this will overwrite the default html footer (closing body, html tags) The title of the page - only visible if GenerateFullHtml == true The CSS Style of the page - only used if the GenerateFullHtml == true Default constructor, sets default values Appends to the existing Style value Any css to append Replaces the existing Style value Any css to use Interface for mocking The default configuration Compare two objects of the same type to each other. Check the Differences or DifferencesString Properties for the differences. Default MaxDifferences is 1 for performance The expected object value to compare The actual object value to compare True if they are equal Reflection properties and fields are cached. By default this cache is cleared automatically after each compare. Logic for comparing lists that are out of order based on a key Initializes a new instance of the class. The root comparer. Compares the enumerators and ignores the order Implements methods to support the comparison of objects for equality, in a customizable fashion. Implements methods to support the comparison of objects for equality, in a customizable fashion. The comparison object type. Defines the configuration and logic by which Equals comparisons will be performed. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the base object hashes should be used. False by default to allow CompareLogic to evaluate equivalence of otherwise instance-sensitive hashing objects. NOTE: Any object which doesn't override GetHashCode will behave this way, so this property should generally be left false. Compare two objects of the same type to each other. True if the objects are considered equivalent, according to the current CompareLogic. Retrieves the hash of the specified object. The object to retrieve a hash for. Helper methods for processes Execute an external program. Path and filename of the executable. Arguments to pass to the executable. Window style for the process (hidden, minimized, maximized, etc). Wait for the process to finish. Exit Code Generic class for holding a Property Info, or Dynamic Info Constructor If true, this is a dynamic property Name of the property Value of the property Let me reflect on this day The type of the parent The type of the property If the property can be read from If the property can be written to Indexers for the property Reference to the property info Abstract Base Duel File Report that has default Output Create two difference files and compare in WinMerge A list of the differences The path to write the expected results The path to write the actual results Launch application to compare two files The path for the expected file results The path for the actual file results Output files and launch Beyond Compare Launch the WinMerge The path to write the expected results The path to write the actual results Find the path of the Beyond Compare executable The path or null if not found Create a CSV file of the differences and launch the default CSV handler (usually Excel) Output the differences to a file A list of differences The file path Output the differences to a stream A list of differences An output stream Output the differences to a string A list of differences A string Launch the application associated with CSV files The differences file Escape special characters Create an HTML file of the differences and launch the default HTML handler Default constructor, sets up Config object HtmlReport Configuration Output the differences to a file A list of differences The file path Launch the WinMerge The differences file Output the differences to a stream A list of differences An output stream Output the differences to a string A list of differences A string Escape special characters Define a dual file report like Beyond Compare, WinMerge etc. Output the differences to two files A list of differences The path to write the expected results The path to write the actual results Launch the comparison application The path to write the expected results The path to write the actual results Defines a Single File Report Output the differences to a file A list of differences The file path Output the differences to a stream A list of differences Where to write to Output the differences to a string A list of differences A string Launch the application for showing the file The file path Report for showing differences to an end user Initializes a new instance of the class. The text in between the values. Defaults to: CHANGED TO -> Output the differences to a file A list of differences The file path Output the differences to a stream A list of differences Where to write to Output the differences to a string A list of differences A string Launch the application for showing the file The file path Output files and launch WinMerge Launch the WinMerge The path to write the expected results The path to write the actual results Find the path of the WinMerge executable The path or null if not found The base comparer which contains all the type comparers A list of the type comparers Compare two objects Factory to create a root comparer Get the current root comparer Methods for manipulating strings Insert spaces into a string OrderDetails = Order Details 10Net30 = 10 Net 30 FTPHost = FTP Host Common functionality for all Comparers Add a breadcrumb to an existing breadcrumb Comparison configuration The existing breadcrumb The field or property name The new breadcrumb Add a breadcrumb to an existing breadcrumb The comparison configuration The existing breadcrumb The property or field name Extra information to output after the name The index for an array, list, or row The new breadcrumb Add a breadcrumb to an existing breadcrumb Comparison configuration The existing breadcrumb The field or property name Extra information to append after the name The index if it is an array, list, row etc. The new breadcrumb Add a difference for the current parameters Add a difference to the result The difference to add to the result The comparison result Convert an object to a nicely formatted string Common functionality for all Type Comparers A reference to the root comparer as newed up by the RootComparerFactory Protected constructor that references the root comparer If true the type comparer will handle the comparison for the type The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare the two objects Compare two byte arrays Protected constructor that references the root comparer The root comparer. If true the type comparer will handle the comparison for the type The type of the first object The type of the second object true if it is a byte array; otherwise, false. Compare two byte array objects Compare two objects of type class Constructor for the class comparer The root comparer instantiated by the RootComparerFactory Returns true if the both objects are a class The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two classes Logic to compare two collections of different types. The main constructor. Returns true if both objects are collections. The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two collections. Compare two generic objects The type of the first object The type of the second object Method to evaluate the results, return true if two objects are equal Constructor that takes a root comparer Constructor that takes a default root comparer Constructor that takes a the predication with a default root comparer A function to determine if two objects are equal Constructor that takes a the predication with a root comparer The root comparer Method to determine if two objects are equal Compare two objects Returns true if both objects match their types The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare dates with the option to ignore based on milliseconds Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are DateTime Compare two DateTime variables Compare DateTimeOffsets with the ability to ignore millisecond differences Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are DateTimeOffset Compare two DateTimeOffset Compare Decimal values with the ability to specify the precision Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are double Compare two decimals Logic to compare two dictionaries Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are dictionaries The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two dictionaries Compare Double values with the ability to specify the precision Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are double Compare two doubles Logic to compare to enum values Constructor with a default root comparer Returns true if both objects are of type enum The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two enums Logic to compare two LINQ enumerators Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if either object is of type LINQ Enumerator The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two objects that implement LINQ Enumerator Compare all the fields of a class or struct (Note this derrives from BaseComparer, not TypeComparer) Constructor with a root comparer Compare the fields of a class Logic to compare two hash sets Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both objects are hash sets The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two hash sets Compares System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableArray Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both are immutable arrays with same generic argument type The type of the first object The type of the second object Compares two immutable arrays Logic to compare an integer indexer (Note, inherits from BaseComparer, not TypeComparer) Constructor that takes a root comparer Compare an integer indexer Compare objects that implement IList Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both objects implement IList The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two objects that implement IList Logic to compare to pointers Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are a pointer The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two pointers Compare two properties (Note inherits from BaseComparer instead of TypeComparer Constructor that takes a root comparer Compare the properties of a class Compare a single property of a class Logic to compare two runtime types Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are of type runtme type Compare two runtime types Compare primitive types (long, int, short, byte etc.) and DateTime, decimal, and Guid Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if the type is a simple type The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two simple types Compare two StringBuilders Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both objects are a StringBuilder The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two string builders Compare two strings Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both objects are a string or if one is a string and one is a a null The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two strings Compare two structs Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both objects are of type struct Compare two structs Logic to compare two timespans Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both objects are timespans The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two timespans Compare two URIs Constructor that takes a root comparer Returns true if both types are a URI The type of the first object The type of the second object Compare two URIs Methods for detecting Returns true if it is a dynamic object Determines whether the specified object is an expando object The object value. Returns true if it is a byte array Returns true if the type can have children True if the type is an array True if the type is an System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableArray Returns true if it is a struct Returns true if the type is a timespan Return true if the type is a class Return true if the type is an interface Return true if the type is a URI Return true if the type is a pointer Return true if the type is an enum Return true if the type is a dictionary Return true if the type is a hashset Return true if the type is a List Return true if the type is an Enumerable Return true if the type is a Double Return true if the type is a Decimal Return true if the type is a Decimal or Nullable Decimal Return true if the type is a DateTime Return true if the type is a DateTimeOffset Return true if the type is a StringBuilder Return true if the type is a string Return true if the type is a primitive type, date, decimal, string, or GUID Returns true if the Type is a Runtime type Used internally to verify the config settings before comparing Verifies the specified configuration. The configuration. Verifies the collection matching spec. The configuration. HTML-encodes a string and returns the encoded string. The text string to encode. The HTML-encoded text.