Assert.AreEqual<T> Method (T, T)

Verifies that two specified generic type data are equal by using the equality operator. The assertion fails if they are not equal.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Sub AreEqual(Of T) ( _
    expected As T, _
    actual As T _
)

public static void AreEqual<T>(
    T expected,
    T actual
)

public:
generic<typename T>
static void AreEqual(
    T expected, 
    T actual
)

static member AreEqual : 
        expected:'T * 
        actual:'T -> unit

JScript does not support generic types or methods.

Type Parameters

• T

Parameters

• expected
  Type: T

  The first generic type data to compare. This is the generic type data the unit test expects.

• actual
  Type: T

  The second generic type data to compare. This is the generic type data the unit test produced.

Exceptions

Remarks

Different numeric types are treated as equal if the logical values are equal. For example, 42L is equal to 42.

.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

AreEqual Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the Assert Classes