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Published: Dec 28 2012 / 10:18

Java Best Practices - Part I - toString(), equals(), hashcode(), clone()
Java Best Practices to use apache common library. To promote code reuse which means less unit testing, less bugs....
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MCII replied ago:

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"3. Have you overridden equals and hashcode methods?" 

 In Java it's almost never appropriate to implement equals() and hashCode(). Quite the contrary, it's dangerous! The only exception are value types like Date, BigDecimal etc..
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Ekram Ali Kazi replied ago:

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Thanks MCII for the feedback.I do agree with you on this. I have re-framed the content. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks, Ekram Ali Kazi

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