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= All implementations are supposed to be immutable.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ASome notes about IEquatable0x003CIK0x003E:0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ANote how IEquatable0x003CIK0x003E must be implemented in the different implementing classes0x000D0x000A(like -Equals-, -Equals- and -Equals-).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000AEquality is always based on the string representation (-ToString-) because -IKString- may be used instead of -IKType- or -PK- (for instance depending on whether we have -StandardAgoRapideCode- or -ApplicationSpecificCode-).0x000D0x000A(in other words, a -IKString- must be seen as equal to a -IKType- or even -PK-.)0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ANote how GetHashCode is also essential to implement. If not then dictionaries with this class as key will simply not work 0x000D0x000A(see -GetHashCode-, -GetHashCode-, and -GetHashCode-).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ALike Equality, GetHashCode is also based on the string representation (-ToString-). Same reason as above.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ANote that default implementation of Equals(IK other) and GetHashCode() in this interface is not possible (because these methods are implemented for any class anyway (as -Equals- / -GetHashCode-), so that would take precedence over a default interface method).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ANote that although this interface does not specify any maximum length of the string representation of the key (especially -IKString-) keys should be kept reasonable short in order to be practical in URL's and as file and folder names when storing on disk.0x000D0x000ASee -IKCoded- which specifies a maximum of 250 characters in an encoded string representation of a key.

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