Re: hashCode
On 8/30/2012 6:52 PM, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
On 29/08/2012 20:49, Eric Sosman allegedly wrote:
On 8/29/2012 2:06 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
On 8/28/12 5:02 PM, markspace wrote:
On 8/28/2012 4:33 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
interface Hasher<Type> {
int hash(Type t);
The difficulty is that an external Hasher would have no access to
private fields (...)
This.
?
package deal;
public class ToBeHashed {
private int noGettersForMeThanks;
...
}
package express;
Hasher<ToBeHashed> hasher = new Hasher<ToBeHashed>() {
public int hashCode(ToBeHashed obj) {
// How do you obtain the value of
// obj.noGettersForMeThanks
// if that would be useful?
}
...
}
As an example of why a hasher might want access to a strictly-private
field, I offered String: How could a Hasher<String> (outside String
itself) use String's private `hash' element? (And before you say
"Give String a getHash() method," ponder what hashCode() does.)
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Eric Sosman
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