'Define two structurally equivalent templates
Dim temp1 As UriTemplate = New UriTemplate("weather/{state}/{city}")
Dim temp2 As UriTemplate = New UriTemplate("weather/{country}/{village}")

'Notice they are not reference equal, in other words
'they are do not refer to the same object
If temp1.Equals(temp2) Then
    Console.WriteLine("{0} and {1} are reference equal", temp1, temp2)
Else
    Console.WriteLine("{0} and {1} are NOT reference equal", temp1, temp2)
End If

'Notice they are structrually equal
If (temp1.IsEquivalentTo(temp2)) Then
    Console.WriteLine("{0} and {1} are structurally equal", temp1, temp2)
Else
    Console.WriteLine("{0} and {1} are NOT structurally equal", temp1, temp2)
End If

'Create a dictionary and use UriTemplateEquivalenceComparer as the comparer
Dim templates As Dictionary(Of UriTemplate, Object) = New Dictionary(Of UriTemplate, Object)(New UriTemplateEquivalenceComparer())

'Add template 1 into the dictionary
templates.Add(temp1, "template1")

'The UriTemplateEquivalenceComparer will be used here to compare the template in the table with template2
'they are structurally equivalent, so ContainsKey will return true.
If (templates.ContainsKey(temp2)) Then
    Console.WriteLine("Both templates hash to the same value")
Else
    Console.WriteLine("Both templates do NOT hash to the same value")
End If