xor of list of objects in c#

Question

Hi i have an issue while doing xoring between objects in c#. Suppose i have a class having below properties -

public string UserName { get; set; }
public bool IsUserEmployed { get; set; }
public bool IsUserValid { get; set; }`

I have 2 lists of this classes:

List<Class1> List1 = new List<Class1>();
List<Class1> List2 = new List<Class1>();

I tried the basic xoring as follows:

 FinalList.AddRange(List1.Except(List2));                  
 FinalList.AddRange(List2.Except(List1));`

But i didnt got the results in the FinalList as xor.

I want to perform xor on the List1 and List2 that could compare all the 3 properties in the objects in both the list and give me a 3rd list. Kindly Help.

Answer 1

This is a solution scratched together in LinqPad. I have created a custom IEqualityComparerm, which can be reused at will. To use this comparer I am passing 2 arguments to the Except method: the second list and the comparer.

void Main()
{
    List<CustomObject> List1 = new List<CustomObject>() 
    {
        new CustomObject() {UserName ="1", IsUserEmployed = true, IsUserValid = false},
        new CustomObject() {UserName ="2", IsUserEmployed = true, IsUserValid = false},
        new CustomObject() {UserName ="3", IsUserEmployed = true, IsUserValid = false},
        new CustomObject() {UserName ="4", IsUserEmployed = true, IsUserValid = false}
    };
    List<CustomObject> List2 = new List<CustomObject>() 
    {
        new CustomObject() {UserName ="2", IsUserEmployed = true, IsUserValid = false},
        new CustomObject() {UserName ="3", IsUserEmployed = true, IsUserValid = false},

    };

    IEqualityComparer<CustomObject> CustomComparer = new CustomObjectEqualityComparer<CustomObject>();

    var xor = List1.Except(List2, CustomComparer).ToList().Dump();


}
public class CustomObject 
{
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public bool IsUserEmployed { get; set; }
    public bool IsUserValid { get; set; }
}


public class CustomObjectEqualityComparer<T> : IEqualityComparer<CustomObject>
{
    public bool Equals(CustomObject t1, CustomObject t2)
    {
        if(t1.IsUserEmployed == t2.IsUserEmployed &&
           t1.IsUserValid ==t2.IsUserValid &&
           t1.UserName == t2.UserName)
       {
            return true;
       }

        return false;
    }

    public int GetHashCode(CustomObject _obj)
    {
        return _obj.IsUserEmployed.GetHashCode() + _obj.IsUserEmployed.GetHashCode() + _obj.IsUserValid.GetHashCode();
    }
}
public static class IEnumerableExtensions
{
  public static void ForEach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, Action<T> action)
  {
    foreach (T item in source)
      action(item);
  }
}

As a small note: This code does not check for null or other possible errors.