how hashtable and equals method has been called?

[varun42]

package com.java2novice.hashtable;

import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Set;

public class MyHashtableDupEntry {

public static void main(String a[]){

Hashtable<Empl,String> tm = new Hashtable<Empl, String>();
tm.put(new Empl(134,"Ram",3000), "RAM");
tm.put(new Empl(235,"John",6000), "JOHN");
tm.put(new Empl(876,"Crish",2000), "CRISH");
tm.put(new Empl(512,"Tom",2400), "TOM");
System.out.println("Adding duplicate entry:");
tm.put(new Empl(512,"Tom",2400), "TOM");
System.out.println("Hashtable entries:");
Set<Empl> keys = tm.keySet();
for(Empl key:keys){
System.out.println(key+" ==> "+tm.get(key));
}
System.out.println("Duplicate got eliminated!!!");
}
}

class Empl{

private String name;
private int salary;
private int id;

public Empl(int id, String n, int s){
this.id = id;
this.name = n;
this.salary = s;
}

public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public int getSalary() {
return salary;
}
public void setSalary(int salary) {
this.salary = salary;
}
public String toString(){
return "Id: "+this.id+" -- Name: "+this.name+" -- Salary: "+this.salary;
}

public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}

public int getId() {
return id;
}

@Override
public int hashCode() {
System.out.println("In hashcode");
return this.getId();
}

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
Empl e = null;
if(obj instanceof Empl){
e = (Empl) obj;
}
System.out.println("In equals");
if(this.getId() == e.getId()){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}

}
}

Output:

In hashcode
In hashcode
In hashcode
In hashcode
Adding duplicate entry:
In hashcode
In equals
Hashtable entries:
In hashcode
In equals
Id: 876 -- Name: Crish -- Salary: 2000 ==> CRISH
In hashcode
In equals
Id: 512 -- Name: Tom -- Salary: 2400 ==> TOM
In hashcode
In equals
Id: 235 -- Name: John -- Salary: 6000 ==> JOHN
In hashcode
In equals
Id: 134 -- Name: Ram -- Salary: 3000 ==> RAM
Duplicate got eliminated!!!

Please let me know how "In hashcode " and "In equals" coming in the output!

[masijade]

When you add an entry to a HashMap, the Map must determine if the key already exists. It does this by assigning "buckets" on the value of the hashcode (hence a call to hashcode), then, when an object already exists in the "bucket" to which this one is to be added, it must determine if the they are equal, hence the call to equals, and thus the reason why you must ALWAYS override both the hascode AND equals methods of Object, if Object's implementations of these are not sufficient.

[varun42]

When you add an entry to a HashMap, the Map must determine if the key already exists. It does this by assigning "buckets" on the value of the hashcode (hence a call to hashcode), then, when an object already exists in the "bucket" to which this one is to be added, it must determine if the they are equal, hence the call to equals, and thus the reason why you must ALWAYS override both the hascode AND equals methods of Object, if Object's implementations of these are not sufficient.

But how only hashcode is printing while I am adding elements in the hashtable?

[varun42]

I would like to repeat the question

At the start of output ,only "in hashcode " is printing not "in equals "
Why is it so?

[masijade]

I ALREADY told you. It is because when the object to add has a hashcode that,as yet, does not exist as a key in the map there is no reason to call equals. equals will only be called when the hashcode call produces a value that already exists in the map.

[varun42]

I ALREADY told you. It is because when the object to add has a hashcode that,as yet, does not exist as a key in the map there is no reason to call equals. equals will only be called when the hashcode call produces a value that already exists in the map.

Thanks for the answer