Assert.AreSame Method (Object, Object, String)

Verifies that two specified object variables refer to the same object. The assertion fails if they refer to different objects. Displays a message if the assertion fails.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreSame ( _
    expected As Object, _
    actual As Object, _
    message As String _
)

public static void AreSame(
    Object expected,
    Object actual,
    string message
)

public:
static void AreSame(
    Object^ expected, 
    Object^ actual, 
    String^ message
)

static member AreSame : 
        expected:Object * 
        actual:Object * 
        message:string -> unit 

public static function AreSame(
    expected : Object, 
    actual : Object, 
    message : String
)

Parameters

• expected
  Type: System.Object
  The first object to compare. This is the object the unit test expects.

• actual
  Type: System.Object
  The second object to compare. This is the object the unit test produced.

• message
  Type: System.String
  A message to display if the assertion fails. This message can be seen in the unit test results.

Exceptions

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Assert Class

AreSame Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes