Using the field of an object as a generic Dictionary key

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By default, the two important methods are GetHashCode() and Equals(). It is important that if two things are equal (Equals() returns true), that they have the same hash-code. For example, you might “return FooID;” as the GetHashCode() if you want that as the match. You can also implement IEquatable<Foo>, but that is optional:

class Foo : IEquatable<Foo> {
    public string Name { get; set;}
    public int FooID {get; set;}

    public override int GetHashCode() {
        return FooID;
    }
    public override bool Equals(object obj) {
        return Equals(obj as Foo);
    }
    public bool Equals(Foo obj) {
        return obj != null && obj.FooID == this.FooID;
    }
}

Finally, another alternative is to provide an IEqualityComparer<T> to do the same.

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