Dear all, Currently enums do not have a well-defined hashCode() implementation so they defer to Object.hashCode() which just uses an internal mechanism to determine the hashcode, likely based on the object's place in the heap.
This may confuse a lot of developers as other classes such as String do have a well-defined hashcode which is consistent across multiple JVM's. Could it be a good idea to make enums' hashCode() method more reliably and predictable? For instance by using the hashcode of the name of its value? For example: class MyEnum { A, B } -> A.hashCode() == A.name().hashCode() Kind regards, Dave Franken