hashCode of an object has to be consistent for that object throughout one execution of the application--
for any object o, o.hashCode() should return the same int value.
However, this doesn't have to be from one run-time to another: o.hashCode()
can return some other value and this is perfectly alright by the specs.
HashMap calculates the right bucked based on the hashCode value.
My Q is: how is this value change between one session to another handled?
Does serialization have features to handle this?
So, suppose I built a hash and stored it on the disk. 2 weeks after, I invoked the application and am
running it. I'm looking up an object in the hash. By these, the hashCode of
this object is/can be now different than before
and I wont be able to find it although it is there in the hash.
解决方案
This works because hashtables are not serialized as hashtables. They are serialized in a custom way. So when deserialized, the hashtable will be rebuilt using the new hashcodes.