RouteValueEqualityComparer.cs

// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An <see cref="IEqualityComparer{Object}"/> implementation that compares objects as-if
    /// they were route value strings.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Values that are are not strings are converted to strings using
    /// <c>Convert.ToString(x, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)</c>. <c>null</c> values are converted
    /// to the empty string.
    ///
    /// strings are compared using <see cref="StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase"/>.
    /// </remarks>
    public class RouteValueEqualityComparer : IEqualityComparer<object>
    {
        public static readonly RouteValueEqualityComparer Default = new RouteValueEqualityComparer();

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public new bool Equals(object x, object y)
        {
            var stringX = x as string ?? Convert.ToString(x, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
            var stringY = y as string ?? Convert.ToString(y, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringX) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringY))
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                return string.Equals(stringX, stringY, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            }
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public int GetHashCode(object obj)
        {
            var stringObj = obj as string ?? Convert.ToString(obj, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringObj))
            {
                return StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(string.Empty);
            }
            else
            {
                return StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(stringObj);
            }
        }
    }
}