Java hashCode () and equals () Methods ==================================== The hashCode () and equals () methods have been defined in Object class which is parent class for all java classes. For this ...

If you are fortunate enough to be using JDK 7 , the newly available Objects class is the obvious ( at least to me ) choice for implementing the "common" Java object methods such as equals (Object ...

The hashCode () and equals () methods have been defined in Object class which is parent class for all java classes. For this reason, all java objects inherit a default implementation of these methods.

While there will be times when you need something different than what Apache Commons provides for building equals() and hashCode() methods, the EqualsBuilder and HashCodeBuilder work well for ...