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From "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this>
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  To: markspace
From: Arne Vajhoj <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 8/10/2012 1:13 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 8/10/2012 9:13 AM, Arne Vajhoj wrote:
>> On 8/10/2012 11:47 AM, bob smith wrote:
>>> Is it always technically correct to override the hashCode function
>>> like so:
>>>
>>>     @Override
>>>     public int hashCode() {
>>>         return 1;
>>>     }
>>
>> It meets the minimum contractual obligation for that method.
>>
>> But performance of anything using the hash capability (like HashMap<>)
>> would be very bad.
>>
>>> Would it be potentially better if that was Object's implementation?
>>
>> It has a different behavior that may not be valid if you override equals.
>
> I think at this point we are doing Bob's homework for him.

Could be.

But I think the question whether returning a constant from hashCode is a valid 
Java question for understanding the contract for that method.

And I am pretty sure that I have seen other similar examples (just with 42 as 
constant).

Arne

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