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From: bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com>
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Subject: hashCode
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:47:12 -0700 (PDT)
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Is it always technically correct to override the hashCode function like so:

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return 1;
	}

Would it be potentially better if that was Object's implementation?