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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace WixToolset.Core.Link
+{
+    using WixToolset.Data;
+
+    internal static class IntermediateTupleExtensions
+    {
+        public static bool IsIdentical(this IntermediateTuple first, IntermediateTuple second)
+        {
+            var identical = (first.Definition.Type == second.Definition.Type && 
+                             first.Definition.Name == second.Definition.Name && 
+                             first.Definition.FieldDefinitions.Length == second.Definition.FieldDefinitions.Length);
+
+            for (int i = 0; identical && i < first.Definition.FieldDefinitions.Length; ++i)
+            {
+                var firstField = first[i];
+                var secondField = second[i];
+
+                identical = (firstField.AsString() == secondField.AsString());
+            }
+
+            return identical;
+        }
+    }
+}