Ars Technica

Java: ArrayList.contains(Object o) isn't calling the correct equals method

I have a class, say TextHolder, that overrides Object.equals() to return true if both strings in each object are equal - <tt>new TextHolder("Hello World!").equals(new ...
Ars Technica

Combining hashcodes in Java?

Let's say I have a class that encapsulates 2 other objects (Strings in my case, but could be anything). I want to override equals() and hashCode(), such that any 2 objects of my class with equal ...
InfoWorld

Guava’s Objects Class: Equals, HashCode, and ToString

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 ...
InfoWorld

Object.hashCode implementation

After the previous post, I just had to look. The implementation of Object.equals is, as was previously noted, just “return this == obj”, but the implementation of Object.hashCode is far more ...