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Unit 1 (C#) - Lesson 10 Learning Objectives

Goals

• Use access modifiers to customize fields and methods
• Override built-in methods such as ToString and Equals
• Understand equality and sameness in C#

Objectives

• Explain and properly use the static keyword for fields and methods
• Explain and properly use the readonly keyword
• Create constant fields using const
• Explain why instance variables may not be referenced within static methods
• Write a custom ToString method for a given class
• Explain the concepts of object identity and equality, and how they differ
• Explain and properly use Equals to determine when two objects are equal
• Explain the behavior of == with respect to objects in C#
• Describe and implement the best practices for overriding Equals within a class
• Use the GetType method to determine the class of an object
• Explain when GetHashCode should be overridden within a class
• Use Visual Studio code generation tools to generate well-structured Equals and GetHashCode methods