Java: Always Overwrite equals, hashCode and toString in Value Object
You should always overwrite equals, hashCode and toString in your value objects, this will let you have more control over your value objects or model classes.
Also, always overwrite hashCode and equals in pair. Consider the following code snippet
1: import java.util.Set;
2: import java.util.HashSet;
3:
4: public class EqualTest {
5: private String name;
6:
7: public EqualTest(String name) {
8: this.name = name;
9: }
10:
11: public String getName() {
12: return name;
13: }
14:
15: public void setName(String name) {
16: this.name = name;
17: }
18:
19: public boolean equals(Object o) {
20: if (this == o) return true;
21: if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
22:
23: EqualTest equalTest = (EqualTest) o;
24:
25: if (name != null ? !name.equals(equalTest.name) : equalTest.name != null) return false;
26:
27: return true;
28: }
29:
30: public String toString() {
31: return “EqualTest{” +
32: “name=’” + name + ‘\” +
33: ‘}’;
34: }
35:
36:
37: public static void main(String[] args) {
38: EqualTest equalTest = new EqualTest(“jason”);
39:
40: Set<EqualTest> set = new HashSet<EqualTest>(1);
41: set.add(equalTest);
42:
43: if (set.contains(new EqualTest(“jason”))) {
44: System.out.println(“true”);
45: } else {
46: System.out.println(“false”);
47: }
48:
49: }
50: }
In the above code, hashCode is not overridden. The result is “false”.
To get the expected results, you must also override hashCode method.
1: import java.util.Set;
2: import java.util.HashSet;
3:
4: public class EqualTest {
5: private String name;
6:
7: public EqualTest(String name) {
8: this.name = name;
9: }
10:
11: public String getName() {
12: return name;
13: }
14:
15: public void setName(String name) {
16: this.name = name;
17: }
18:
19: public boolean equals(Object o) {
20: if (this == o) return true;
21: if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
22:
23: EqualTest equalTest = (EqualTest) o;
24:
25: if (name != null ? !name.equals(equalTest.name) : equalTest.name != null) return false;
26:
27: return true;
28: }
29:
30: public int hashCode() {
31: return (name != null ? name.hashCode() : 0);
32: }
33:
34:
35: public String toString() {
36: return “EqualTest{” +
37: “name=’” + name + ‘\” +
38: ‘}’;
39: }
40:
41:
42: public static void main(String[] args) {
43: EqualTest equalTest = new EqualTest(“jason”);
44:
45: Set<EqualTest> set = new HashSet<EqualTest>(1);
46: set.add(equalTest);
47:
48: if (set.contains(new EqualTest(“jason”))) {
49: System.out.println(“true”);
50: } else {
51: System.out.println(“false”);
52: }
53:
54: }
55: }
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