Assert.AreNotSame Method (Object, Object, String, array<Object )

Verifies that two specified object variables refer to different objects. The assertion fails if they refer to the same object. 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 AreNotSame ( _
    notExpected As Object, _
    actual As Object, _
    message As String, _
    ParamArray parameters As Object() _
)

public static void AreNotSame(
    Object notExpected,
    Object actual,
    string message,
    params Object[] parameters
)

public:
static void AreNotSame(
    Object^ notExpected, 
    Object^ actual, 
    String^ message, 
    ... array<Object^>^ parameters
)

static member AreNotSame : 
        notExpected:Object * 
        actual:Object * 
        message:string * 
        parameters:Object[] -> unit 

public static function AreNotSame(
    notExpected : Object, 
    actual : Object, 
    message : String, 
    ... parameters : Object[]
)

Parameters

• notExpected
  Type: System.Object
  The first object to compare. This is the object the unit test expects not to match actual.

• 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.

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

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

AreNotSame Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes