hashCode uniqueness

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I think the docs for object’s hashCode method state the answer.

“As much as is reasonably practical,
the hashCode method defined by class
Object does return distinct integers
for distinct objects. (This is
typically implemented by converting
the internal address of the object
into an integer, but this
implementation technique is not
required by the JavaTM programming
language.)”

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