Type.Equals Method (Object)

Determines if the underlying system type of the current Type is the same as the underlying system type of the specified Object.

Parameters

• o
  Type: System.Object
  The Object whose underlying system type is to be compared with the underlying system type of the current Type.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the underlying system type of o is the same as the underlying system type of the current Type; otherwise, false. This method also returns false if the object specified by the o parameter is not a Type.

Imports System.Reflection
Class Example
 Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
 Dim a As Type = GetType(System.Object)
 Dim b As Type = GetType(System.Object)
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} = {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) & vbCrLf
 ' The Type objects in a and b are equal,
 ' because they represent System.Object.
 a = GetType(Example)
 b = New Example().GetType()
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} is equal to {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) & vbCrLf
 ' The Type objects in a and b are equal,
 ' because they both represent type Example.
 b = GetType([Object])
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("typeof({0}).Equals(typeof({1})): {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) & vbCrLf
 ' The Type objects in a and b are not equal,
 ' because variable a represents type Example
 ' and variable b represents type Object.
 'Console.ReadLine();
 End Sub
End Class
'
' This code example produces the following output:
' System.Object = System.Object: True
' Example is equal to Example: True
' typeof(Example).Equals(typeof(System.Type)): False
'

using System;
using System.Reflection;
class Example
{
 public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
 {
 Type a = typeof(System.Object);
 Type b = typeof(System.Object);
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} == {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) + "\n";
 // The Type objects in a and b are equal,
 // because they represent System.Object.
 a = typeof(Example);
 b = new Example().GetType();
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} is equal to {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) + "\n";
 // The Type objects in a and b are equal,
 // because they both represent type Example.
 b = typeof(Object);
 outputBlock.Text += String.Format("typeof({0}).Equals(typeof({1})): {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b)) + "\n";
 // The Type objects in a and b are not equal,
 // because variable a represents type Example
 // and variable b represents type Object.
 //Console.ReadLine();
 }
}
//
/* This code example produces the following output:
 System.Object == System.Object: True
 Example is equal to Example: True
 typeof(Example).Equals(typeof(System.Type)): False
*/

Type Class

Equals Overload

System Namespace

UnderlyingSystemType