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The hashCode method returns a hash code value for an object. It must consistently return the same value for the same object and return the same value for objects equal according to equals. Distinct values for unequal objects may improve hash table performance.

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The hashCode method returns a hash code value for an object. It must consistently return the same value for the same object and return the same value for objects equal according to equals. Distinct values for unequal objects may improve hash table performance.

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public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit
of hash tables such as those provided by HashMap.
The general contract of hashCode is:

Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a
Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer,
provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This
integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another
execution of the same application.
If two objects are equal according to the equals(Object) method, then calling the
hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the
equals(java.lang.Object) method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the
two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should
be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve
the performance of hash tables.
As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined by class Object
does return distinct integers for distinct objects. (This is typically implemented
by converting the internal address of the object into an integer, but this
implementation technique is not required by the JavaTM programming language.)

Returns:
a hash code value for this object.
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