Comparing 2 custom objects - C#

Question

I need to write a generic method in the base class that would accept 2 objects as parameters and compares them for equality.

Ex:

public abstract cla         


        

Answer 1

public void CompareTwoObjects()
{
    try {   
        byte[] btArray = ObjectToByteArray(object1);   //object1 is you custom object1
        byte[] btArray2 = ObjectToByteArray(object2); //object2 is you custom object2
        bool result = ByteArrayCompare(btArray, btArray2);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        throw ex;
    }
}

public byte[] ObjectToByteArray(object _Object)
{
    try {
        // create new memory stream
        System.IO.MemoryStream _MemoryStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

        // create new BinaryFormatter
        System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter _BinaryFormatter
            = new System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter();

        // Serializes an object, or graph of connected objects, to the given stream.
        _BinaryFormatter.Serialize(_MemoryStream, _Object);

        // convert stream to byte array and return
        return _MemoryStream.ToArray();
    } catch (Exception _Exception) {
        // Error
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in process: {0}", _Exception.ToString());
    }

    // Error occured, return null
    return null;
}

public bool ByteArrayCompare(byte[] a1, byte[] a2)
{
    if (a1.Length != a2.Length)
        return false;

    for (int i = 0; i < a1.Length; i++)
        if (a1[i] != a2[i])
            return false;

    return true;
}