File: LambdaExpressionComparer.cs
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Project: src\src\Mvc\Mvc.ViewFeatures\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures)
// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System.Linq.Expressions;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
 
// This comparer is tightly coupled with the logic of ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText.
// It is not designed to accurately compare any two arbitrary LambdaExpressions.
internal sealed class LambdaExpressionComparer : IEqualityComparer<LambdaExpression>
{
    public static readonly LambdaExpressionComparer Instance = new LambdaExpressionComparer();
 
    public bool Equals(LambdaExpression lambdaExpression1, LambdaExpression lambdaExpression2)
    {
        if (ReferenceEquals(lambdaExpression1, lambdaExpression2))
        {
            return true;
        }
        // We will cache only pure member access expressions. Hence we compare two expressions
        // to be equal only if they are identical member access expressions.
        var expression1 = lambdaExpression1.Body;
        var expression2 = lambdaExpression2.Body;
 
        while (true)
        {
            if (expression1 == null && expression2 == null)
            {
                return true;
            }
 
            if (expression1 == null || expression2 == null)
            {
                return false;
            }
 
            if (expression1.NodeType != expression2.NodeType)
            {
                return false;
            }
 
            switch (expression1.NodeType)
            {
                case ExpressionType.MemberAccess:
                    var memberExpression1 = (MemberExpression)expression1;
                    var memberName1 = memberExpression1.Member.Name;
                    expression1 = memberExpression1.Expression;
 
                    var memberExpression2 = (MemberExpression)expression2;
                    var memberName2 = memberExpression2.Member.Name;
                    expression2 = memberExpression2.Expression;
 
                    // If identifier contains "__", it is "reserved for use by the implementation" and likely
                    // compiler- or Razor-generated e.g. the name of a field in a delegate's generated class.
                    if (memberName1.Contains("__") && memberName2.Contains("__"))
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
 
                    if (!string.Equals(memberName1, memberName2, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                    break;
 
                case ExpressionType.ArrayIndex:
                    // Shouldn't be cached. Just in case, ensure indexers are all different.
                    return false;
 
                case ExpressionType.Call:
                    // Shouldn't be cached. Just in case, ensure indexers and other calls are all different.
                    return false;
 
                default:
                    // Everything else terminates name generation. Haven't found a difference so far...
                    return true;
            }
        }
    }
 
    public int GetHashCode(LambdaExpression lambdaExpression)
    {
        var expression = lambdaExpression.Body;
        var hashCode = new HashCode();
 
        while (true)
        {
            if (expression != null && expression.NodeType == ExpressionType.MemberAccess)
            {
                var memberExpression = (MemberExpression)expression;
                var memberName = memberExpression.Member.Name;
 
                if (memberName.Contains("__"))
                {
                    break;
                }
 
                hashCode.Add(memberName, StringComparer.Ordinal);
                expression = memberExpression.Expression;
            }
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
 
        return hashCode.ToHashCode();
    }
}