Why hashCode() returns the same value for a object in all consecutive executions?

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Published on 2010-06-06T07:24:49Z Indexed on 2010/06/06 7:32 UTC
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Hi,

I am trying some code around object equality in java. As I have read somewhere

hashCode() is a number which is generated by applying the hash function. Hash Function can be different for each object but can also be same. At the object level, it returns the memory address of the object.

Now, I have sample program, which I run 10 times, consecutively. Every time i run the program I get the same value as hash code.

If hashCode() function returns the memory location for the object, how come the java(JVM) store the object at same memory address in the consecutive runs?

Can you please give me some insight and your view over this issue?

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