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Java Inheritance in Java Inheritance in Java Object Override

Posted by Jake Lee
Jake Lee
2,789 Points

What's a hashcode?

What's a hashcode? the video doesn't explain it.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,272 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,272 Points

I asked Google "define hashcode" and got this as the top result:

The hashcode of a Java Object is simply a number, it is 32-bit signed int, that allows an object to be managed by a hash-based data structure. We know that hash code is an unique id number allocated to an object by JVM. ... If two objects are equals then these two objects should return same hash code.

Your search engine can be a useful resource!