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// Now let's overload the == and != operators.

public static bool operator ==(Point p1, Point p2)

{

return p1.Equals(p2); }

public static bool operator !=(Point p1, Point p2)

{

return !p1.Equals(p2); }

}

Notice how the implementation of operator == and operator != simply makes a call to the over-

ridden Equals() method to get the bulk of the work done. Given this, you can now exercise your

Point class as follows:

// Make use of the overloaded equality operators.

static void Main(string[] args)

{

...

Console.WriteLine("ptOne == ptTwo : {0}", ptOne == ptTwo);

Console.WriteLine("ptOne != ptTwo : {0}", ptOne != ptTwo);

Console.ReadLine();

}

As you can see, it is quite intuitive to compare two objects using the well-known == and !=

operators rather than making a call to Object.Equals(). If you do overload the equality operators

for a given class, keep in mind that C# demands that if you override the == operator, you must also

override the != operator (if you forget, the compiler will let you know).

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