what is the difference between == operator and equals()? (with hashcode() ???)

Question

I was learning hashcode in more depth and figured that:

1. If you override equals(), you must override hashcode() too.

2. To find if

Answer 1

== operator --> checks weather 2 references point to the same object or not. If same it return true otherwise false.

equals( ) --> checks both reference and state object. Hear state means object data. In this any one is true it returns true. Otherwise false. But we have to override equals( ) in our user defined object and write the appropriate code.

Hashcode( ) -->hashCode of an Object just represents a random number which can be used by JVM while saving/adding Objects into Hashsets, Hashtables or Hashmap.

Example of hashcode()

class TestHasChode
{
int i;
TestHasChode(int i)
{
this.i = i;
}

public static void main(String arg[])
{  
    //before overriding hashcode()  
TestHasChode t1 = new TestHasChode(100);   
TestHasChode t2 = new TestHasChode(110);

System.out.println(t1); //TestHasChode@45e41830  
System.out.println(t2); //TestHasChode@1f01b29  

TestHasChode t3 = new TestHasChode(100);  
TestHasChode t4 = new TestHasChode(100);  
System.out.println(t3); //TestHasChode@3a8721bd   
System.out.println(t4); //TestHasChode@7db81d4f

/*hashCode() of Object class implemented to return hashCode based on address of an object, but based
on our requirement we can override hashCode() to generate our own numbers as hashCodes*/

//after overriding hashcode()  
System.out.println(t3); //TestHasChode@64  
System.out.println(t4); //TestHasChode@64  
}  
public int hashCode(){
return i;
}  
}  
-->Example of equals()method      
class Student
{
String name;   
int rollno;   
Student(String name,int rollno)
{   
this.name = name;    
this.rollno = rollno;   
}   
public static void main(String arg[])
{       
    //before overrideng equals method    
Student s1 = new Student ("raju", 101);     
Student s2 = new Student ("giri", 102);     
Student s3 = new Student ("giri", 102);     
System.out.println(s1.equals(s2));//false    
System.out.println(s2.equals(s3));//false    
    //after overriding equals method    
System.out.println(s1.equals(s2));//false    
System.out.println(s2.equals(s3));//true-->hear overriding equals() checks state.so it is true.  
    //in string variables comparisition   
    String s4="hello";    
    String s5=new String("hello");    
    String s6=new String("hello");   
System.out.println(s4.equals(s5));//true--> because String class containg overridden equals method   
System.out.println(s5.equals(s6));//true-->even though differnet object reference but String class containg overridden equals method   

}     
public boolean equals(Object obj){   
String name1 = this.name;   
int rollno1 = this.rollno;   
Student s2 = (Student)obj;     
String name2 = s2.name;     
int rollno2 = s2.rollno;    
if(name1.equals(name2) && rollno1 == rollno2){   
return true;}   
else{     
return false;}  
}        
}