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stonar96
stonar96

Reputation: 1469

What happens if I change an Object that is inside a HashSet?

I made an own class called Region and I store instances of Region in a HashSet. I use a HashSet, that there are no Objects which are equal in the list. The String name of a Region should be unique in the HashSet, so I have overriden the equals method.

My Question:

What happens if I store two regions with different names into the HashSet and then I make the different names equal (by a setter for the name)?

This is no duplicate. The other question is about equal HashSets and not about equal objects in HashSets.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 225

Answers (1)

Louis Wasserman
Louis Wasserman

Reputation: 198341

The behavior of a set is not specified if the value of an object is changed in a manner that affects equals comparisons while the object is an element in the set.

-- the Set Javadoc

Upvotes: 5

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