Re: [Springframework-developer] equals/hashCode for entities

[Timo V. <sic...@gm...>]

> I don't thinks there's a problem: As I said, equals() is still id
> based, only hashCode() is "created" based. And its no problem that
> differerent (according to equals()) instances have the same
> hashCode(). It perfectly holds the contract! The database just should
> not truncate any bits! Otherwise there will be problems, of course.

One more thing: Basically you could base the hashCode on any 
UNMODIFIEABLE  random value, as long as its initialized on object 
construction. BUT the creation time is a good thing for me, since I 
store/use it anyway.