What is the reason behind Enum.hashCode()?

Question

The method hashCode() in class Enum is final and defined as super.hashCode(), which means it returns a number based on the address of the instance, which is a random number

Answer 1

As long as we can't send an enum object¹ to a different JVM I see no reason for putting such a requirements on enums (and objects in general)

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¹ I thought it was clear enough - an object is an instance of a class. A serialized object is a sequence of bytes, usually stored in a byte array. I was talking about an object.