Generic IEqualityComparer

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Published on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:43:26 GMT Indexed on 2011/01/11 23:54 UTC
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A generic equality comparer that takes a property expression or a comparison Func 

public class GenericComparer<T> : IEqualityComparer<T> where T : class         {             private readonly Func<T, T, bool> comparerExpression;             private readonly string propertyName;             public GenericComparer(Func<T, T, bool> comparerExpression)             {                 this.comparerExpression = comparerExpression;             }             public GenericComparer(Expression<Func<T, object>> propertyExpression)             {                 propertyName = (propertyExpression.Body is UnaryExpression ? (MemberExpression)((UnaryExpression)propertyExpression.Body).Operand : (MemberExpression)propertyExpression.Body).Member.Name;             }             public bool Equals(T x, T y)             {                 return comparerExpression == null ? x.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName).GetValue(x, null).Equals(y.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName).GetValue(y, null)) : comparerExpression.Invoke(x, y);             }             public int GetHashCode(T obj)             {                 return obj.ToString().GetHashCode();             }         }

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