public NodeId operator implicit( 
   string text
)

//define our 2 String ids, and then define our node to use the first id.
String id1 = "Hello", id2 = "World";
NodeId node1 = new NodeId(id1);
            
//now to compare the node to the guids
Utils.Trace("\n\nComparing NodeId to String");
Utils.Trace("\tComparing {0} to {0} = [equals] {2}", id1, id1, node1.Equals(id1));
Utils.Trace("\tComparing {0} to {0} = [ ==   ] {2}", id1, id1, node1 == id1);
Utils.Trace("\tComparing {0} to {1} = [equals] {2}", id1, id2, node1.Equals(id2));
Utils.Trace("\tComparing {0} to {1} = [ ==   ] {2}", id1, id2, node1 == id2);

'define our 2 String ids, and then define our node to use the first id.
Dim id1 As String = "Hello"
Dim id2 As String = "World"
Dim node1 As NodeId = New NodeId(id1)
            
'now to compare the node to the guids
Utils.Trace("Comparing NodeId to String");
Utils.Trace(String.Format("Comparing {0} to {0} = [equals] {2}", id1, id1, node1.Equals(id1)));
Utils.Trace(String.Format("Comparing {0} to {0} = [  =   ] {2}", id1, id1, node1 = id1));
Utils.Trace(String.Format("Comparing {0} to {1} = [equals] {2}", id1, id2, node1.Equals(id2)));
Utils.Trace(String.Format("Comparing {0} to {1} = [  =   ] {2}", id1, id2, node1 = id2));