Java.lang.Long.hashCode() Method

Description

The java.lang.Long.hashCode() method returns a hash code for this Long. The result is the exclusive OR of the two halves of the primitive long value held by this Long object.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Long.hashCode() method

public int hashCode()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns a hash code value for this object.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Long.hashCode() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class LongDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

     Long l = new Long(65987);
    
     /* returns a hash code value for this object, equal to the primitive
     int value represented by this Long object */
     int retval = l.hashCode();
     System.out.println("Value = " + retval);
   }
}  

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Value = 65987