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Implement hashCode and equals methods on Member #38

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Implement the hashCode and equals methods on Member. This makes using Member as a key in a HashMap possible.

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liach commented May 27, 2020

Shall they be used in hash maps, their fields should be final. Implementing these two is incomplete for hashmap usage without making the fields final.

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TwilightFlower commented May 27, 2020

Ah, hmm, I completely missed that the fields were mutable. Guess I'm just used to most data storage objects like these being immutable.


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public int hashCode() {
return (31 * (31 * owner.hashCode()) + name.hashCode()) + desc.hashCode();
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You could use java.util.Objects.hash for that

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Maybe it should start with if (other == this) { return true; } for better performance for that case, though I don't know if that is needed

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