Re: Is it possible to get the address of an object in Java language?
John W. Kennedy wrote:
However, it is normal (though not required) for Object.hashCode() to
return the address in 32-bit systems; this behavior is normally
overridden.
Tom Hawtin wrote:
No it doesn't.
John W. Kennedy wrote:
The documentation says outright: "As much as is reasonably practical,
the hashCode method defined by class Object does return distinct
integers for distinct objects. (This is typically implemented by
converting the internal address of the object into an integer, but this
implementation technique is not required by the Java^TM programming
language.)"
None of this says anything about how subclasses of Object override hashCode(),
and how many Objects in any program have runtime type Object, let alone also
are used for their hash codes?
Also, the "internal address" in this case is not the machine address, is it?
Isn't it rather the JVM address? Perhaps JVM "addresses" are not all 0 in the
lower bits.
In any case, I am highly skeptical of this documentation - since the "address"
of an object changes, how could it be used for the hash code? Or does the JVM
"address" somehow remain constant through gc copies?
- Lew
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