Nataraj, The hashcode method provides a hash of the object which is primarily used in hash based containers like HashSet and HashMap.
I do not believe it has anything to do with memory conservation or creation of duplicate objects. Regards, Rajesh Nair On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:24 AM, nataraj subramanian <[email protected]>wrote: > So hashcodes are used to prevent creation of duplicate objects? It's a > memory conservation thing? > > On Jun 21, 6:50 pm, Paul Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two object which are equal will have equal hashcodes, but two objects > > with equal hashcodes aren't necessarily equal. > > > > Paul Smith > > > > [email protected] > > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Emma Olukha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Off the fly..Hash code is an unique id number allocated to an object by > JVM. > > > It basically identifies each object but is not unique. > > > > > </oluka> > > > > > On 16 June 2010 14:33, NetBeans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> wat is mean by hashcode in java > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "google-codejam" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "google-codejam" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
