Iteration order of HashSet

Question

If every object added to a java.util.HashSet implements Object.equals() and Object.hashCode() in a deterministic fashion, is the iteration order over the HashSet guaranteed

Answer 1

As per the javadoc:

This class implements the Set interface, backed by a hash table (actually a HashMap instance). It makes no guarantees as to the iteration order of the set; in particular, it does not guarantee that the order will remain constant over time. [...] The iterators returned by this class's iterator method are fail-fast: if the set is modified at any time after the iterator is created

And the method iterator:

Returns an iterator over the elements in this set. The elements are returned in no particular order.

So I don't think you can make such an assumption.