Generating Relational Members
Alt+Insert | Relational Comparer
Rider helps you helps you automatically overload relational opeartors and implementations of related interfaces using selected fields and properties. By default, Rider will create an implementation of IComparable<T>
, and optionally, operators >
, <
, ≥
and ≤
as well as an implementation of IComparable
are generated too.
In the example below, this command is used to generate relational members that takes into account int _birthYear
and string _name
fields when to compare objects of the Person
class.
To generate relational members
- In the editor, set the caret on the type name or within a type at the line where you want to insert relational members. If the caret is on the type name, generated code will be added in the beginning of the type declaration.
- Press Alt+Insert or choose in the main menu.
- In the Generate pop-up menu, select Relational Comparer.
- In the Generate dialog that appears, you will see a list of properties and fields. Select the members that you want to use for type comparison.
If there are no fields/properties in your type or you do not select any of them, Rider, depending on your settings, throws new
NotImplementedException()
, returns default value, or puts code that will not compile in the body of the generated methods.Optionally, use the following controls in the dialog:
- Fields can be null - appears if there are any nullable fields or properties in your type. By default, this check box is selected meaning that Rider will generate nullability checks for selected fields. You can clear this check box if you do not need nullability checks.
- String comparison - appears if there are any string fields in your type. Rider will generate
string.Compare(string, string, StringComparison)
for the selected strings, and the selector lets you choose which value should be generated for the StringComparison argument. - CompareTo already exists - appears if an implementation of
CompareTo()
already exists and lets you choose whether to: - Implement IComparable interface - tick this checkbox to generate an implementation of
IComparable
interface in addition toIComparable<T>
, i.e. generate theCompareTo(object)
method in addition toCompareTo(T)
.
- Click OK to complete the wizard.