| `Objects.hashCode` takes an `Object` parameter, and will either return `0` when |
| the parameter is `null`, or call the underlying `hashCode` function of the |
| Object reference. |
| |
| Passing a primitive value to `Objects.hashCode` function results in boxing the |
| primitive, then calling the boxed object's `hashCode`. You can get the same |
| result by using, e.g.: `Long.hashCode(long)` to get the effective hash code of a |
| primitive `long`. If you're calling this method outside of your own `hashCode()` |
| implementation, prefer to use the `BoxedClass.hashCode(primitive)` functions to |
| avoid unwanted boxed. |
| |
| If you're implementing a `hashCode` function for your **own** class that |
| consists of a single primitive value, you may want to consider some of these |
| alternatives: |
| |
| ```java |
| @Override |
| public int hashCode() { |
| // This function will box intValue into an Integer, and wrap *that* in an |
| // array, but will generate a hashCode which is likely to be different than |
| // the hashCode of the boxed version of the intValue. This makes it easier |
| // to add more fields to the class and hashCode method (just by adding more |
| // fields to the hash call), but comes at a potential performance penalty. |
| return Objects.hash(intValue); |
| } |
| ``` |
| |
| ```java |
| @Override |
| public int hashCode() { |
| // This function will avoid boxing the int to an Integer, and is an explicit |
| // acknowledgement that the hashCode() of *this* class is the same as the |
| // hash code of the underlying intValue. |
| return Integer.hashCode(intValue); |
| } |
| ``` |