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Should i override Equals and hasCode methods while implementing Comparable interface??

somewhere I read we should override equals() and hasCode() methods while implementing Comparable interface... I could not understand why should i do so... Kindly help.. thx in advance.
Asked by: singh.virendra18 | Member Since Apr-2011 | Asked on: Apr 4th, 2011

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Murali100

Answered On : Sep 30th, 2012

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Equals () : It must define an equality relation.In addition it must be consistent(if the objects are not modified , then it must keep returning the same value)

HashCode() : It must also be consistent(if the objects is not modified in terms of equals(), it must keep returning the same value
If you override one, you should override the other

  
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