Re: Hashcode and Equal
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:09:09 -0800 (PST), Javas <deepan.17@gmail.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
import java.util.*;
public class Qn353
{
private String name;
public Qn353(String name)
{
this.name = name;
}
public boolean equals(Object o)
{
if ( ! (o instanceof Qn353) ) return false;
Qn353 p = (Qn353) o;
return p.name.equals(this.name);
}
public static void main(String [] args)
{
HashSet<Object> hs = new HashSet<Object>();
hs.add(p1);
hs.add(p2);
System.out.println(hs.size());
}
public int hashcode()
{
return 1;
}
This would not compile. You never define p1 and p2.
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