All settings classes like `EventStoreClientConnectivitySettings` must be records to be equatable out of the box

[xperiandri]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I have several environments within the same app (default and sandbox). DB connections may vary for each environment. I want to add a health check only if database addresses are different. I want to compare EventStoreClientConnectivitySettings but they are not IEquatable<EventStoreClientConnectivitySettings>

Describe the solution you'd like Just mark all settings classes as record to bring value semantics and IEquatable<> implementation out of the box

Describe alternatives you've considered Implement IEqualityComparer for each of the settings class

[alexeyzimarev]

Don't you use the connection string? It's the easiest way to configure ESDB client in .NET using ASP.NET Core configuration framework, as well as compare the settings.

[xperiandri]

A connection string may be different while connecting to the same database. And the connection target will not change frrom that

[ylorph]

Why / When do you need to compare and change the connectivity settings ? Most of the time I'm very explicit about those and do not let the code change those on the fly . I.e. something like the following :

{
    "ConnectionStrings": {
        "default": "esdb+discover://default_cluster_address:2113",
        "sandbox": "esdb+discover://sandbox_cluster_address:2113"
    }
}

using EventStore.Client;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;

IConfiguration configuration =new ConfigurationBuilder().AddJsonFile("appsettings.json").Build();

var connections =new  Connections(configuration);

Console.WriteLine(connections.Default.ConnectionName);
Console.WriteLine(connections.Default_Follower.ConnectionName);
Console.WriteLine(connections.Sandbox.ConnectionName);

public class Connections {
    public Connections(IConfiguration c) {
        var settings = EventStoreClientSettings.Create(c.GetConnectionString("default")!);
        settings.ConnectionName = "default";
        Default = new EventStoreClient(settings);

        settings = EventStoreClientSettings.Create(c.GetConnectionString("default")!);
        settings.ConnectionName = "default_follower";
        settings.ConnectivitySettings.NodePreference = NodePreference.Follower;
        Default_Follower = new EventStoreClient(settings);

        settings = EventStoreClientSettings.Create(c.GetConnectionString("sandbox")!);
        settings.ConnectionName = "sandbox";
        Sandbox = new EventStoreClient(settings);
    }

    public EventStoreClient Default { get; }
    public EventStoreClient Default_Follower { get; } 
    public EventStoreClient Sandbox { get; }
}