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hashCode() and equals()
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Vaithialingam Asai
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Joined: Mar 07, 2004
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Can anyOne Explain me abt the relationship b/n these two methods?
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Mani Ram
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Joined: Mar 11, 2002
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Look at the following article
The SCJP Tip Line - hashCodes Uncovered
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Mani
Quaerendo Invenietis
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marc weber
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Joined: Aug 31, 2004
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See the general "hashCode contract" described under the hashCode() method in the API for Object...
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html
[ December 13, 2004: Message edited by: marc weber ]
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Sonny Gill
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And once you have done all that, try to find the sample chapters from the book Effective Java by Joshua Bloch, one of them covers hashCode and equal in detail.
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