Re: hashCode
On 11.08.2012 01:27, Arne Vajh=F8j wrote:
On 8/10/2012 6:22 PM, bob smith wrote:
On Friday, August 10, 2012 11:34:28 AM UTC-5, Eric Sosman 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;
}
Would it be potentially better if that was Object's implementation?
Define "better."
Better in the sense that you would never HAVE to override hashCode.
Now, there are cases where you HAVE to override it, or your code is
very broken.
It is not broken.
It will perform poorly in many cases.
Well, I would go as far as to say that it will perform poorly in all
cases where hashCode() is actually needed - and that makes it broken.
The whole idea of hashing is based on the fact that the hash code
_somehow_ represents the item to be hashed. If all items have the same
constant hash code there is no point in hashing at all. So while it
does work, it does not work as intended.
Kind regards
robert
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