比较两个对象的相等性，而不必重写Equals或实现IEquatable<>。

你为什么要这么做?当你真的想知道两个对象是否相等，但你懒得重写Equals(object)或实现IEquatable<T>。或者，更现实地说，如果您有一个非常复杂的类，手工实现Equals将非常乏味、容易出错，维护起来也不有趣。如果您不太关心性能，它也会有所帮助。

我目前使用IsEqualTo是因为第二个原因——我有一个具有许多属性的类，这些属性的类型是其他用户定义的类，每个类都有许多其他属性，这些属性的类型是其他用户定义的类，一直到无限。在许多这样的类中加入一堆集合，实现Equals(object)真的变成了一场噩梦。

用法:

if (myTerriblyComplexObject.IsEqualTo(myOtherTerriblyComplexObject))
{
    // Do something terribly interesting.
}

为了确定相等，我做了很多比较。我尽一切努力按照“正确”的顺序做“正确”的事。比较顺序如下:

Use the static Equals(object, object) method. If it returns true, return true. It will return true if the references are the same. It will also return true if thisObject overrides Equals(object). If thisObject is null, return false. No further comparisons can be made if it is null. If thisObject has overridden Equals(object), return false. Since it overrides Equals, it must mean that Equals was executed at step #1 and returned false. If someone has bothered to override Equals, we should respect that and return what Equals returns. If thisObject inherits from IEquatable<T>, where otherObject can be assigned to T, get the Equals(T) method using reflection. Invoke that method and return its return value. If both objects are IEnumerable, return whether contain the same items, in the same order, using IsEqualTo to compare the items. If the objects have different types, return false. Since we know now that thisObject does not have an Equals method, there isn't any way to realistically evaluate two object of different types to be true. If the objects are a value type (primitive or struct) or a string, return false. We have already failed the Equals(object) test - enough said. For each property of thisObject, test its value with IsEqualTo. If any return false, return false. If all return true, return true.

字符串比较可能更好，但很容易实现。此外，我不能100%确定我处理结构正确。

话不多说，下面是扩展方法:

/// <summary>
/// Provides extension methods to determine if objects are equal.
/// </summary>
public static class EqualsEx
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The <see cref="Type"/> of <see cref="string"/>.
    /// </summary>
    private static readonly Type StringType = typeof(string);

    /// <summary>
    /// The <see cref="Type"/> of <see cref="object"/>.
    /// </summary>
    private static readonly Type ObjectType = typeof(object);

    /// <summary>
    /// The <see cref="Type"/> of <see cref="IEquatable{T}"/>.
    /// </summary>
    private static readonly Type EquatableType = typeof(IEquatable<>);

    /// <summary>
    /// Determines whether <paramref name="thisObject"/> is equal to <paramref name="otherObject"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="thisObject">
    /// This object.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="otherObject">
    /// The other object.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>
    /// True, if they are equal, otherwise false.
    /// </returns>
    public static bool IsEqualTo(this object thisObject, object otherObject)
    {
        if (Equals(thisObject, otherObject))
        {
            // Always check Equals first. If the object has overridden Equals, use it. This will also capture the case where both are the same reference.
            return true;
        }

        if (thisObject == null)
        {
            // Because Equals(object, object) returns true if both are null, if either is null, return false.
            return false;
        }

        var thisObjectType = thisObject.GetType();
        var equalsMethod = thisObjectType.GetMethod("Equals", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance, null, new[] { ObjectType }, null);
        if (equalsMethod.DeclaringType == thisObjectType)
        {
            // thisObject overrides Equals, and we have already failed the Equals test, so return false.
            return false;
        }

        var otherObjectType = otherObject == null ? null : otherObject.GetType();

        // If thisObject inherits from IEquatable<>, and otherObject can be passed into its Equals method, use it.
        var equatableTypes = thisObjectType.GetInterfaces().Where(                                          // Get interfaces of thisObjectType that...
            i => i.IsGenericType                                                                            // ...are generic...
            && i.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == EquatableType                                                // ...and are IEquatable of some type...
            && (otherObjectType ==  null || i.GetGenericArguments()[0].IsAssignableFrom(otherObjectType))); // ...and otherObjectType can be assigned to the IEquatable's type.

        if (equatableTypes.Any())
        {
            // If we found any interfaces that meed our criteria, invoke the Equals method for each interface.
            // If any return true, return true. If all return false, return false.
            return equatableTypes
                .Select(equatableType => equatableType.GetMethod("Equals", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance))
                .Any(equatableEqualsMethod => (bool)equatableEqualsMethod.Invoke(thisObject, new[] { otherObject }));
        }

        if (thisObjectType != StringType && thisObject is IEnumerable && otherObject is IEnumerable)
        {
            // If both are IEnumerable, check their items.
            var thisEnumerable = ((IEnumerable)thisObject).Cast<object>();
            var otherEnumerable = ((IEnumerable)otherObject).Cast<object>();

            return thisEnumerable.SequenceEqual(otherEnumerable, IsEqualToComparer.Instance);
        }

        if (thisObjectType != otherObjectType)
        {
            // If they have different types, they cannot be equal.
            return false;
        }

        if (thisObjectType.IsValueType || thisObjectType == StringType)
        {
            // If it is a value type, we have already determined that they are not equal, so return false.
            return false;
        }

        // Recurse into each public property: if any are not equal, return false. If all are true, return true.
        return !(from propertyInfo in thisObjectType.GetProperties()
                 let thisPropertyValue = propertyInfo.GetValue(thisObject, null)
                 let otherPropertyValue = propertyInfo.GetValue(otherObject, null)
                 where !thisPropertyValue.IsEqualTo(otherPropertyValue)
                 select thisPropertyValue).Any();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// A <see cref="IEqualityComparer{T}"/> to be used when comparing sequences of collections.
    /// </summary>
    private class IsEqualToComparer : IEqualityComparer<object>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The singleton instance of <see cref="IsEqualToComparer"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public static readonly IsEqualToComparer Instance;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes static members of the <see cref="EqualsEx.IsEqualToComparer"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        static IsEqualToComparer()
        {
            Instance = new IsEqualToComparer();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Prevents a default instance of the <see cref="EqualsEx.IsEqualToComparer"/> class from being created.
        /// </summary>
        private IsEqualToComparer()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Determines whether the specified objects are equal.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="x">
        /// The first object to compare.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="y">
        /// The second object to compare.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// true if the specified objects are equal; otherwise, false.
        /// </returns>
        bool IEqualityComparer<object>.Equals(object x, object y)
        {
            return x.IsEqualTo(y);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Not implemented - throws an <see cref="NotImplementedException"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj">
        /// The <see cref="object"/> for which a hash code is to be returned.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// A hash code for the specified object.
        /// </returns>
        int IEqualityComparer<object>.GetHashCode(object obj)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }
}

我创建了一个扩展方法来在下拉菜单中选择一个项目。

下面是代码

 public static class Utilities
{
    public enum DropDownListSelectionType
    {
        ByValue,
        ByText
    }

    public static void SelectItem(this  System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList drp, string selectedValue, DropDownListSelectionType type)
    {
        drp.ClearSelection();
        System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem li;
        if (type == DropDownListSelectionType.ByValue)
            li = drp.Items.FindByValue(selectedValue.Trim());
        else
            li = drp.Items.FindByText(selectedValue.Trim());
        if (li != null)
            li.Selected = true;
    }}

此方法可以由以下代码行调用，以按文本进行选择

DropDownList1.SelectItem("ABCD", Utilities.DropDownListSelectionType.ByText);

或者按值选择

DropDownList1.SelectItem("11", Utilities.DropDownListSelectionType.ByValue);

上面的代码不选择任何东西，如果它不能找到传递进来的文本/值。

从集合中加载默认设置的一种更简单的方法(在现实生活中，我使用它来填充来自任何来源的设置，包括命令行，ClickOnce URL参数等):

public static void LoadFrom(this ApplicationSettingsBase settings, NameValueCollection configuration)
{
    if (configuration != null)
        foreach (string key in configuration.AllKeys)
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(key))
                try
                {
                    settings[key] = configuration.Get(key);
                }
                catch (SettingsPropertyNotFoundException)
                {
                  // handle bad arguments as you wish
                }
}

例子:

Settings.Default.LoadFrom(new NameValueCollection() { { "Setting1", "Value1" }, { "Setting2", "Value2" } });

日期时间扩展

例子:

DateTime firstDayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.First();
DateTime lastdayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.Last();
DateTime lastFridayInMonth = DateTime.Now.Last(DayOfWeek.Friday);
DateTime nextFriday = DateTime.Now.Next(DayOfWeek.Friday);
DateTime lunchTime = DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 30);
DateTime noonOnFriday = DateTime.Now.Next(DayOfWeek.Friday).Noon();
DateTime secondMondayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.First(DayOfWeek.Monday).Next(DayOfWeek.Monday).Midnight();

一些用于使用列表的扩展:

/// <summary>
/// Wrap an object in a list
/// </summary>
public static IList<T> WrapInList<T>(this T item)
{
    List<T> result = new List<T>();
    result.Add(item);
    return result;
}

使用如:

myList = someObject.InList();

使IEnumerable包含来自一个或多个源的项，以使IEnumerable更像列表。对于高性能代码来说，这可能不是一个好主意，但对于测试来说很有用:

public static IEnumerable<T> Append<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable, T newItem)
{
    foreach (T item in enumerable)
    {
        yield return item;
    }

    yield return newItem;
}

public static IEnumerable<T> Append<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable, params T[] newItems)
{
    foreach (T item in enumerable)
    {
        yield return item;
    }

    foreach (T newItem in newItems)
    {
        yield return newItem;
    }
}

如使用。

someEnumeration = someEnumeration.Append(newItem);

还有其他可能的变化——例如。

someEnumeration = someEnumeration.Append(otherEnumeration);

如果你正在克隆项目，你可能还想克隆它们的列表:

public static IList<T> Clone<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source) where T: ICloneable
{
    List<T> result = new List<T>();

    foreach (T item in source)
    {
        result.Add((T)item.Clone());
    }

    return result;
}

当我使用ObservableCollection<T>时，我通常使用AddRange方法扩展它。这里的其他答案给出了这个的实现。

如果您愿意，可以将此代码放入Codeplex项目中。

在这里找到更多的例子:www.extensionmethod.net