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On 8/10/2012 9:13 AM, Arne Vajhøj 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.