SharpArch.Domain.DomainModel.BaseObject.HasSameObjectSignatureAs C# (CSharp) Method

        public virtual bool HasSameObjectSignatureAs(BaseObject compareTo)
        {
            PropertyInfo[] signatureProperties = this.GetSignatureProperties();

            // if there were no signature properties, then simply return the default behavior of Equals
            if (signatureProperties.Length == 0)
            {
                // ReSharper disable once BaseObjectEqualsIsObjectEquals
                return base.Equals(compareTo);
            }

            // use for loop instead of foreach/LINQ for performance reasons.
            // ReSharper disable once ForCanBeConvertedToForeach
            // ReSharper disable once LoopCanBeConvertedToQuery
            for (var index = 0; index < signatureProperties.Length; index++)
            {
                PropertyInfo property = signatureProperties[index];
                object valueOfThisObject = property.GetValue(this, null);
                object valueToCompareTo = property.GetValue(compareTo, null);

                if (valueOfThisObject == null && valueToCompareTo == null)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                if ((valueOfThisObject == null ^ valueToCompareTo == null) ||
                    (!valueOfThisObject.Equals(valueToCompareTo)))
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            // If we've gotten this far and signature properties were found, then we can
            // assume that everything matched
            return true;
        }