ContextIdentifier.CompareTo(Object) Method

Compares the current ContextIdentifier with another ContextIdentifier.

Namespace: DevExpress.Persistent.Validation

Assembly: DevExpress.Persistent.Base.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Persistent.Base

Declaration

C#

public int CompareTo(
    object obj
)

VB.NET

Public Function CompareTo(
    obj As Object
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
obj	Object	An object which can be cast to the ContextIdentifier type, to compare to the current context identifier.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	An integer value indicating whether the current instance precedes, follows, or occurs in the same position in the sort order as the other object.

Remarks

This method returns a negative value if the current context identifier precedes the obj context identifier in the sort order. If the current context identifier follows the obj context identifier in the sort order, the method returns a positive value. If the context identifiers being compared occur in the same position in the sort order, zero is returned.