Java’s equals() and hashcode() are two methods that work together to verify if two objects have the same value. You can use them to make object comparisons easy and efficient in your Java programs.

A frequently asked question in a Java interview is ... For example, the following code used in the tutorial overrides the JDK's standard equals() and hashCode() methods, forcing hash collisions that ...

I introduced the issue of JAXB-generated classes not having explicitly overridden equals(Object), hashCode(), or toString() methods in the blog post Adding Common ...