Make User implement IEquatable for more consistent comparisons

TShockAPI/DB/UserManager.cs

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 	}
 
 	/// <summary>A database user.</summary>
-	public class User
+	public class User : IEquatable<User>
 	{
 		/// <summary>The database ID of the user.</summary>
 		public int ID { get; set; }
@@ -581,10 +581,66 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
 			return HashPassword(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password));
 		}
 
-	}
+		#region IEquatable
 
-	/// <summary>UserManagerException - An exception generated by the user manager.</summary>
+		/// <summary>Indicates whether the current <see cref="User"/> is equal to another <see cref="User"/>.</summary>
-	[Serializable]
+		/// <returns>true if the <see cref="User"/> is equal to the <paramref name="other" /> parameter; otherwise, false.</returns>
+		/// <param name="other">An <see cref="User"/> to compare with this <see cref="User"/>.</param>
+		public bool Equals(User other)
+		{
+			if (ReferenceEquals(null, other)) return false;
+			if (ReferenceEquals(this, other)) return true;
+			return ID == other.ID && string.Equals(Name, other.Name);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Indicates whether the current <see cref="User"/> is equal to another object.</summary>
+		/// <returns>true if the <see cref="User"/> is equal to the <paramref name="obj" /> parameter; otherwise, false.</returns>
+		/// <param name="obj">An <see cref="User"/> to compare with this <see cref="User"/>.</param>
+		public override bool Equals(object obj)
+		{
+			if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj)) return false;
+			if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj)) return true;
+			if (obj.GetType() != this.GetType()) return false;
+			return Equals((User)obj);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>Serves as the hash function. </summary>
+		/// <returns>A hash code for the current <see cref="User"/>.</returns>
+		public override int GetHashCode()
+		{
+			unchecked
+			{
+				return (ID * 397) ^ (Name != null ? Name.GetHashCode() : 0);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Compares equality of two <see cref="User"/> objects.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="left">Left hand of the comparison.</param>
+		/// <param name="right">Right hand of the comparison.</param>
+		/// <returns>true if the <see cref="User"/> objects are equal; otherwise, false.</returns>
+		public static bool operator ==(User left, User right)
+		{
+			return Equals(left, right);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Compares equality of two <see cref="User"/> objects.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="left">Left hand of the comparison.</param>
+		/// <param name="right">Right hand of the comparison.</param>
+		/// <returns>true if the <see cref="User"/> objects aren't equal; otherwise, false.</returns>
+		public static bool operator !=(User left, User right)
+		{
+			return !Equals(left, right);
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+  }
+
+  /// <summary>UserManagerException - An exception generated by the user manager.</summary>
+  [Serializable]
 	public class UserManagerException : Exception
 	{
 		/// <summary>Creates a new UserManagerException object.</summary>