我在www.kellermansoftware.com发现了一个非常好用且免费的实现，名为 Compare .NET Objects，可以在这里找到。强烈推荐。
该工具似乎已经迁移到 GitHub，最新版本可在此处获取。
这是一个复杂的领域；我曾经在运行时做过类似的事情，但很快就变得混乱了。如果可能的话，您会发现最简单的方法是将对象序列化并比较序列化形式（例如使用xml-diff和XmlSerializer）。由于类型直到运行时才知道，这使事情有点复杂，但不是特别困难（您总可以使用new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType())等）。
无论如何，这将是我的默认方法。
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using NUnit.Framework;
using NUnit.Framework.Constraints;
namespace Tests
{
public class ContentsEqualConstraint : Constraint
{
private readonly object expected;
private Constraint failedEquality;
private string expectedDescription;
private string actualDescription;
private readonly Stack<string> typePath = new Stack<string>();
private string typePathExpanded;
private readonly HashSet<string> _ignoredNames = new HashSet<string>();
private readonly HashSet<Type> _ignoredTypes = new HashSet<Type>();
private readonly LinkedList<Type> _ignoredInterfaces = new LinkedList<Type>();
private readonly LinkedList<string> _ignoredSuffixes = new LinkedList<string>();
private readonly IDictionary<Type, Func<object, object, bool>> _predicates = new Dictionary<Type, Func<object, object, bool>>();
private bool _withoutSort;
private int _maxRecursion = int.MaxValue;
private readonly HashSet<VisitedComparison> _visitedObjects = new HashSet<VisitedComparison>();
private static readonly HashSet<string> _globallyIgnoredNames = new HashSet<string>();
private static readonly HashSet<Type> _globallyIgnoredTypes = new HashSet<Type>();
private static readonly LinkedList<Type> _globallyIgnoredInterfaces = new LinkedList<Type>();
private static object _regionalTolerance;
public ContentsEqualConstraint(object expectedValue)
{
expected = expectedValue;
}
public ContentsEqualConstraint Comparing<T>(Func<T, T, bool> predicate)
{
Type t = typeof (T);
if (predicate == null)
{
_predicates.Remove(t);
}
else
{
_predicates[t] = (x, y) => predicate((T) x, (T) y);
}
return this;
}
public ContentsEqualConstraint Ignoring(string fieldName)
{
_ignoredNames.Add(fieldName);
return this;
}
public ContentsEqualConstraint Ignoring(Type fieldType)
{
if (fieldType.IsInterface)
{
_ignoredInterfaces.AddFirst(fieldType);
}
else
{
_ignoredTypes.Add(fieldType);
}
return this;
}
public ContentsEqualConstraint IgnoringSuffix(string suffix)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(suffix))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("suffix");
}
_ignoredSuffixes.AddLast(suffix);
return this;
}
public ContentsEqualConstraint WithoutSort()
{
_withoutSort = true;
return this;
}
public ContentsEqualConstraint RecursingOnly(int levels)
{
_maxRecursion = levels;
return this;
}
public static void GlobalIgnore(string fieldName)
{
_globallyIgnoredNames.Add(fieldName);
}
public static void GlobalIgnore(Type fieldType)
{
if (fieldType.IsInterface)
{
_globallyIgnoredInterfaces.AddFirst(fieldType);
}
else
{
_globallyIgnoredTypes.Add(fieldType);
}
}
public static IDisposable RegionalIgnore(string fieldName)
{
return new RegionalIgnoreTracker(fieldName);
}
public static IDisposable RegionalIgnore(Type fieldType)
{
return new RegionalIgnoreTracker(fieldType);
}
public static IDisposable RegionalWithin(object tolerance)
{
return new RegionalWithinTracker(tolerance);
}
public override bool Matches(object actualValue)
{
typePathExpanded = null;
actual = actualValue;
return Matches(expected, actualValue);
}
private bool Matches(object expectedValue, object actualValue)
{
bool matches = true;
if (!MatchesNull(expectedValue, actualValue, ref matches))
{
return matches;
}
// DatesEqualConstraint supports tolerance in dates but works as equal constraint for everything else
Constraint eq = new DatesEqualConstraint(expectedValue).Within(tolerance ?? _regionalTolerance);
if (eq.Matches(actualValue))
{
return true;
}
if (MatchesVisited(expectedValue, actualValue, ref matches))
{
if (MatchesDictionary(expectedValue, actualValue, ref matches) &&
MatchesList(expectedValue, actualValue, ref matches) &&
MatchesType(expectedValue, actualValue, ref matches) &&
MatchesPredicate(expectedValue, actualValue, ref matches))
{
MatchesFields(expectedValue, actualValue, eq, ref matches);
}
}
return matches;
}
private bool MatchesNull(object expectedValue, object actualValue, ref bool matches)
{
if (IsNullEquivalent(expectedValue))
{
expectedValue = null;
}
if (IsNullEquivalent(actualValue))
{
actualValue = null;
}
if (expectedValue == null && actualValue == null)
{
matches = true;
return false;
}
if (expectedValue == null)
{
expectedDescription = "null";
actualDescription = "NOT null";
matches = Failure;
return false;
}
if (actualValue == null)
{
expectedDescription = "not null";
actualDescription = "null";
matches = Failure;
return false;
}
return true;
}
private bool MatchesType(object expectedValue, object actualValue, ref bool matches)
{
Type expectedType = expectedValue.GetType();
Type actualType = actualValue.GetType();
if (expectedType != actualType)
{
try
{
Convert.ChangeType(actualValue, expectedType);
}
catch(InvalidCastException)
{
expectedDescription = expectedType.FullName;
actualDescription = actualType.FullName;
matches = Failure;
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
private bool MatchesPredicate(object expectedValue, object actualValue, ref bool matches)
{
Type t = expectedValue.GetType();
Func<object, object, bool> predicate;
if (_predicates.TryGetValue(t, out predicate))
{
matches = predicate(expectedValue, actualValue);
return false;
}
return true;
}
private bool MatchesVisited(object expectedValue, object actualValue, ref bool matches)
{
var c = new VisitedComparison(expectedValue, actualValue);
if (_visitedObjects.Contains(c))
{
matches = true;
return false;
}
_visitedObjects.Add(c);
return true;
}
private bool MatchesDictionary(object expectedValue, object actualValue, ref bool matches)
{
if (expectedValue is IDictionary && actualValue is IDictionary)
{
var expectedDictionary = (IDictionary)expectedValue;
var actualDictionary = (IDictionary)actualValue;
if (expectedDictionary.Count != actualDictionary.Count)
{
expectedDescription = expectedDictionary.Count + " item dictionary";
actualDescription = actualDictionary.Count + " item dictionary";
matches = Failure;
return false;
}
foreach (DictionaryEntry expectedEntry in expectedDictionary)
{
if (!actualDictionary.Contains(expectedEntry.Key))
{
expectedDescription = expectedEntry.Key + " exists";
actualDescription = expectedEntry.Key + " does not exist";
matches = Failure;
return false;
}
if (CanRecurseFurther)
{
typePath.Push(expectedEntry.Key.ToString());
if (!Matches(expectedEntry.Value, actualDictionary[expectedEntry.Key]))
{
matches = Failure;
return false;
}
typePath.Pop();
}
}
matches = true;
return false;
}
return true;
}
private bool MatchesList(object expectedValue, object actualValue, ref bool matches)
{
if (!(expectedValue is IList && actualValue is IList))
{
return true;
}
var expectedList = (IList) expectedValue;
var actualList = (IList) actualValue;
if (!Matches(expectedList.Count, actualList.Count))
{
matches = false;
}
else
{
if (CanRecurseFurther)
{
int max = expectedList.Count;
if (max != 0 && !_withoutSort)
{
SafeSort(expectedList);
SafeSort(actualList);
}
for (int i = 0; i < max; i++)
{
typePath.Push(i.ToString());
if (!Matches(expectedList[i], actualList[i]))
{
matches = false;
return false;
}
typePath.Pop();
}
}
matches = true;
}
return false;
}
private void MatchesFields(object expectedValue, object actualValue, Constraint equalConstraint, ref bool matches)
{
Type expectedType = expectedValue.GetType();
FieldInfo[] fields = expectedType.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
// should have passed the EqualConstraint check
if (expectedType.IsPrimitive ||
expectedType == typeof(string) ||
expectedType == typeof(Guid) ||
fields.Length == 0)
{
failedEquality = equalConstraint;
matches = Failure;
return;
}
if (expectedType == typeof(DateTime))
{
var expectedDate = (DateTime)expectedValue;
var actualDate = (DateTime)actualValue;
if (Math.Abs((expectedDate - actualDate).TotalSeconds) > 3.0)
{
failedEquality = equalConstraint;
matches = Failure;
return;
}
matches = true;
return;
}
if (CanRecurseFurther)
{
while(true)
{
foreach (FieldInfo field in fields)
{
if (!Ignore(field))
{
typePath.Push(field.Name);
if (!Matches(GetValue(field, expectedValue), GetValue(field, actualValue)))
{
matches = Failure;
return;
}
typePath.Pop();
}
}
expectedType = expectedType.BaseType;
if (expectedType == null)
{
break;
}
fields = expectedType.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
}
}
matches = true;
return;
}
private bool Ignore(FieldInfo field)
{
if (_ignoredNames.Contains(field.Name) ||
_ignoredTypes.Contains(field.FieldType) ||
_globallyIgnoredNames.Contains(field.Name) ||
_globallyIgnoredTypes.Contains(field.FieldType) ||
field.GetCustomAttributes(typeof (IgnoreContentsAttribute), false).Length != 0)
{
return true;
}
foreach(string ignoreSuffix in _ignoredSuffixes)
{
if (field.Name.EndsWith(ignoreSuffix))
{
return true;
}
}
foreach (Type ignoredInterface in _ignoredInterfaces)
{
if (ignoredInterface.IsAssignableFrom(field.FieldType))
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
private static bool Failure
{
get
{
return false;
}
}
private static bool IsNullEquivalent(object value)
{
return value == null ||
value == DBNull.Value ||
(value is int && (int) value == int.MinValue) ||
(value is double && (double) value == double.MinValue) ||
(value is DateTime && (DateTime) value == DateTime.MinValue) ||
(value is Guid && (Guid) value == Guid.Empty) ||
(value is IList && ((IList)value).Count == 0);
}
private static object GetValue(FieldInfo field, object source)
{
try
{
return field.GetValue(source);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
return ex;
}
}
public override void WriteMessageTo(MessageWriter writer)
{
if (TypePath.Length != 0)
{
writer.WriteLine("Failure on " + TypePath);
}
if (failedEquality != null)
{
failedEquality.WriteMessageTo(writer);
}
else
{
base.WriteMessageTo(writer);
}
}
public override void WriteDescriptionTo(MessageWriter writer)
{
writer.Write(expectedDescription);
}
public override void WriteActualValueTo(MessageWriter writer)
{
writer.Write(actualDescription);
}
private string TypePath
{
get
{
if (typePathExpanded == null)
{
string[] p = typePath.ToArray();
Array.Reverse(p);
var text = new StringBuilder(128);
bool isFirst = true;
foreach(string part in p)
{
if (isFirst)
{
text.Append(part);
isFirst = false;
}
else
{
int i;
if (int.TryParse(part, out i))
{
text.Append("[" + part + "]");
}
else
{
text.Append("." + part);
}
}
}
typePathExpanded = text.ToString();
}
return typePathExpanded;
}
}
private bool CanRecurseFurther
{
get
{
return typePath.Count < _maxRecursion;
}
}
private static bool SafeSort(IList list)
{
if (list == null)
{
return false;
}
if (list.Count < 2)
{
return true;
}
try
{
object first = FirstNonNull(list) as IComparable;
if (first == null)
{
return false;
}
if (list is Array)
{
Array.Sort((Array)list);
return true;
}
return CallIfExists(list, "Sort");
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
private static object FirstNonNull(IEnumerable enumerable)
{
if (enumerable == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("enumerable");
}
foreach (object item in enumerable)
{
if (item != null)
{
return item;
}
}
return null;
}
private static bool CallIfExists(object instance, string method)
{
if (instance == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("instance");
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(method))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("method");
}
Type target = instance.GetType();
MethodInfo m = target.GetMethod(method, new Type[0]);
if (m != null)
{
m.Invoke(instance, null);
return true;
}
return false;
}
#region VisitedComparison Helper
private class VisitedComparison
{
private readonly object _expected;
private readonly object _actual;
public VisitedComparison(object expected, object actual)
{
_expected = expected;
_actual = actual;
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
return GetHashCode(_expected) ^ GetHashCode(_actual);
}
private static int GetHashCode(object o)
{
if (o == null)
{
return 0;
}
return o.GetHashCode();
}
public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
if (obj == null)
{
return false;
}
if (obj.GetType() != typeof(VisitedComparison))
{
return false;
}
var other = (VisitedComparison) obj;
return _expected == other._expected &&
_actual == other._actual;
}
}
#endregion
#region RegionalIgnoreTracker Helper
private class RegionalIgnoreTracker : IDisposable
{
private readonly string _fieldName;
private readonly Type _fieldType;
public RegionalIgnoreTracker(string fieldName)
{
if (!_globallyIgnoredNames.Add(fieldName))
{
_globallyIgnoredNames.Add(fieldName);
_fieldName = fieldName;
}
}
public RegionalIgnoreTracker(Type fieldType)
{
if (!_globallyIgnoredTypes.Add(fieldType))
{
_globallyIgnoredTypes.Add(fieldType);
_fieldType = fieldType;
}
}
public void Dispose()
{
if (_fieldName != null)
{
_globallyIgnoredNames.Remove(_fieldName);
}
if (_fieldType != null)
{
_globallyIgnoredTypes.Remove(_fieldType);
}
}
}
#endregion
#region RegionalWithinTracker Helper
private class RegionalWithinTracker : IDisposable
{
public RegionalWithinTracker(object tolerance)
{
_regionalTolerance = tolerance;
}
public void Dispose()
{
_regionalTolerance = null;
}
}
#endregion
#region IgnoreContentsAttribute
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field)]
public sealed class IgnoreContentsAttribute : Attribute
{
}
#endregion
}
public class DatesEqualConstraint : EqualConstraint
{
private readonly object _expected;
public DatesEqualConstraint(object expectedValue) : base(expectedValue)
{
_expected = expectedValue;
}
public override bool Matches(object actualValue)
{
if (tolerance != null && tolerance is TimeSpan)
{
if (_expected is DateTime && actualValue is DateTime)
{
var expectedDate = (DateTime) _expected;
var actualDate = (DateTime) actualValue;
var toleranceSpan = (TimeSpan) tolerance;
if ((actualDate - expectedDate).Duration() <= toleranceSpan)
{
return true;
}
}
tolerance = null;
}
return base.Matches(actualValue);
}
}
}
DatesEqualConstraint() 方法以及所有相关方法（例如 .Within()）。 - Daniel T.DatesEqualConstraint到答案中。 - Samuel Nefftolerance 在 NUnit 框架的父类 Constraint 中声明。 - Samuel Nefftolerance在NUnit 2.5中被移除了。上面的代码是针对NUnit 2.4.6编写的。它需要稍微修改一下才能与NUnit 2.5一起使用（他们确实经常改变API）。 - Samuel Neff这实际上是一个简单的过程。使用反射，你可以比较对象上的每个字段。
public static Boolean ObjectMatches(Object x, Object y)
{
if (x == null && y == null)
return true;
else if ((x == null && y != null) || (x != null && y == null))
return false;
Type tx = x.GetType();
Type ty = y.GetType();
if (tx != ty)
return false;
foreach(FieldInfo field in tx.GetFields(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly))
{
if (field.FieldType.IsValueType && (field.GetValue(x).ToString() != field.GetValue(y).ToString()))
return false;
else if (field.FieldType.IsClass && !ObjectMatches(field.GetValue(x), field.GetValue(y)))
return false;
}
return true;
}
使用Jesse建议的Nuget和这段代码，我成功地比较了两个对象，并取得了很好的结果。
using KellermanSoftware.CompareNetObjects;
using System;
namespace MyProgram.UnitTestHelper
{
public class ObjectComparer
{
public static bool ObjectsHaveSameValues(object first, object second)
{
CompareLogic cl = new CompareLogic();
ComparisonResult result = cl.Compare(first, second);
if (!result.AreEqual)
Console.WriteLine(result.DifferencesString);
return result.AreEqual;
}
}
}
这里是一个简单的比较器，我们在单元测试中使用它来断言两个对象具有相等的属性。它是从各种文章中找到的想法的混合，并处理循环引用。
public static class TestHelper
{
public static void AssertAreEqual(Object expected, Object actual, String name)
{
// Start a new check with an empty list of actual objects checked
// The list of actual objects checked is used to ensure that circular references don't result in infinite recursion
List<Object> actualObjectsChecked = new List<Object>();
AssertAreEqual(expected, actual, name, actualObjectsChecked);
}
private static void AssertAreEqual(Object expected, Object actual, String name, List<Object> actualObjectsChecked)
{
// Just return if already checked the actual object
if (actualObjectsChecked.Contains(actual))
{
return;
}
actualObjectsChecked.Add(actual);
// If both expected and actual are null, they are considered equal
if (expected == null && actual == null)
{
return;
}
if (expected == null && actual != null)
{
Assert.Fail(String.Format("The actual value of {0} was not null when null was expected.", name));
}
if (expected != null && actual == null)
{
Assert.Fail(String.Format("The actual value of {0} was null when an instance was expected.", name));
}
// Get / check type info
// Note: GetType always returns instantiated (i.e. most derived) type
Type expectedType = expected.GetType();
Type actualType = actual.GetType();
if (expectedType != actualType)
{
Assert.Fail(String.Format("The actual type of {0} was not the same as the expected type.", name));
}
// If expected is a Primitive, Value, or IEquatable type, assume Equals is sufficient to check
// Note: Every IEquatable type should have also overridden Object.Equals
if (expectedType.IsPrimitive || expectedType.IsValueType || expectedType.IsIEquatable())
{
Assert.IsTrue(expected.Equals(actual), "The actual {0} is not equal to the expected.", name);
return;
}
// If expected is an IEnumerable type, assume comparing enumerated items is sufficient to check
IEnumerable<Object> expectedEnumerable = expected as IEnumerable<Object>;
IEnumerable<Object> actualEnumerable = actual as IEnumerable<Object>;
if ((expectedEnumerable != null) && (actualEnumerable != null))
{
Int32 actualEnumerableCount = actualEnumerable.Count();
Int32 expectedEnumerableCount = expectedEnumerable.Count();
// Check size first
if (actualEnumerableCount != expectedEnumerableCount)
{
Assert.Fail(String.Format("The actual number of enumerable items in {0} did not match the expected number.", name));
}
// Check items in order, assuming order is the same
for (int i = 0; i < actualEnumerableCount; ++i)
{
AssertAreEqual(expectedEnumerable.ElementAt(i), actualEnumerable.ElementAt(i), String.Format("{0}[{1}]", name, i), actualObjectsChecked);
}
return;
}
// If expected is not a Primitive, Value, IEquatable, or Ienumerable type, assume comparing properties is sufficient to check
// Iterate through properties
foreach (PropertyInfo propertyInfo in actualType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public))
{
// Skip properties that can't be read or require parameters
if ((!propertyInfo.CanRead) || (propertyInfo.GetIndexParameters().Length != 0))
{
continue;
}
// Get properties from both
Object actualProperty = propertyInfo.GetValue(actual, null);
Object expectedProperty = propertyInfo.GetValue(expected, null);
AssertAreEqual(expectedProperty, actualProperty, String.Format("{0}.{1}", name, propertyInfo.Name), actualObjectsChecked);
}
}
public static Boolean IsIEquatable(this Type type)
{
return type.GetInterfaces().Any(x => x.IsGenericType && x.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IEquatable<>));
}
}