Monday, April 16, 2012

Regarding hashcode() and Equals()

I have a POJO that contains hashcode() and equals() method that I have overridden , but my query is that what about If i make hashcode() method comment then in collection lets say in a hashmap when I am storing the user defined objects then what impact would it have...and another thing is that if I make equals method as a comment then what Impact would it have If I try to enter duplicate records will it store duplicate records twice!



public class Employee {

String name,job;
int salary;

public Employee(String n , String j, int t )
{
this.name= n;
this.job=j;
this.salary= t;
}

/* @Override
public int hashCode() {
final int prime = 31;
int result = 1;
result = prime * result + ((job == null) ? 0 : job.hashCode());
result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode());
result = prime * result + salary;
return result;
}*/

/*@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (this == obj)
return true;
if (obj == null)
return false;
if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
return false;
Employee other = (Employee) obj;
if (job == null) {
if (other.job != null)
return false;
} else if (!job.equals(other.job))
return false;
if (name == null) {
if (other.name != null)
return false;
} else if (!name.equals(other.name))
return false;
if (salary != other.salary)
return false;
return true;
}
*/

@Override
public int hashCode()
{
return name.hashCode()+job.hashCode()+salary;

}

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (this == obj)
{
return true;
}
// make sure o can be cast to this class
if (obj == null || obj.getClass() != getClass())
{
// cannot cast
return false;
}

Employee e = (Employee) obj;
return this.name.equals(e.name)&&this.job.equals(e.job)&&this.salary==e.salary;
}

@Override
public String toString() {
return name+"\t" +"\t"+ job +"\t"+ salary;
}
}




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