How do I check for nulls in an '==' operator overload without infinite recursion?
Use ReferenceEquals
. From the MSDN forums:
public static bool operator ==(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if (ReferenceEquals(foo1, null)) return ReferenceEquals(foo2, null);
if (ReferenceEquals(foo2, null)) return false;
return foo1.field1 == foo2.field2;
}
Use ReferenceEquals
:
Foo foo1 = null;
Foo foo2 = new Foo();
Assert.IsFalse(foo1 == foo2);
public static bool operator ==(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if (object.ReferenceEquals(null, foo1))
return object.ReferenceEquals(null, foo2);
return foo1.Equals(foo2);
}
Cast to object in the overload method:
public static bool operator ==(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if ((object) foo1 == null) return (object) foo2 == null;
return foo1.Equals(foo2);
}