CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent Method (ICollection, ICollection, String, array<Object )

Verifies that two specified collections are equivalent. The assertion fails if the collections are not equivalent. Displays a message if the assertion fails, and applies the specified formatting to it.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreEquivalent ( _
    expected As ICollection, _
    actual As ICollection, _
    message As String, _
    ParamArray parameters As Object() _
)

public static void AreEquivalent(
    ICollection expected,
    ICollection actual,
    string message,
    params Object[] parameters
)

public:
static void AreEquivalent(
    ICollection^ expected, 
    ICollection^ actual, 
    String^ message, 
    ... array<Object^>^ parameters
)

static member AreEquivalent : 
        expected:ICollection * 
        actual:ICollection * 
        message:string * 
        parameters:Object[] -> unit 

public static function AreEquivalent(
    expected : ICollection, 
    actual : ICollection, 
    message : String, 
    ... parameters : Object[]
)

Parameters

• expected
  Type: System.Collections.ICollection
  The first collection to compare. This contains the elements the unit test expects.

• actual
  Type: System.Collections.ICollection
  The second collection to compare. This is the collection 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.

• parameters
  Type: array<System.Object[]
  An array of parameters to use when formatting message.

Exceptions

Remarks

Two collections are equivalent if they have the same elements in the same quantity, but in any order. Elements are equal if their values are equal, not if they refer to the same object.

.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

CollectionAssert Class

AreEquivalent Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes