Thanks dude .. .this is what i was looking for .... On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:13 PM, ramzi khlil <ramzi.atv...@gmail.com>wrote:
> HashCode is a value computed in such way to be unique as possible to > improve > performance while retrieving object in HashedCollections. > If for example you have a HashMap, and didn't overrride hashCode() method > all your objects will be in the same bucket resulting a slow execution > while > retrieving an object. > But if you do provide an efficient implementation of hashCode() method your > objects will be stored across many buckets and you look up for one of them, > the api does calculate the hashCode of your object and then it selects the > right bucket. After that we go through the bucket to find the needed > object. > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Pankaj D <pankaj66...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > HI if someone can answer this query what is hash code in java ...is it > some > > sort of memory location or address ...? > > > > Regards > > Pankaj > > >
