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Program: How to eliminate duplicate user defined objects from HashSet?


Description:

Below example shows how to avoid duplicate user defined objects from HashSet. You can achieve this by implementing equals and hashcode methods at the user defined objects.


Code:
package com.java2novice.hashset;

import java.util.HashSet;

public class MyDistElementEx {

	public static void main(String a[]){
		
		HashSet<Price> lhm = new HashSet<Price>();
		lhm.add(new Price("Banana", 20));
		lhm.add(new Price("Apple", 40));
		lhm.add(new Price("Orange", 30));
		for(Price pr:lhm){
			System.out.println(pr);
		}
		Price duplicate = new Price("Banana", 20);
		System.out.println("inserting duplicate object...");
		lhm.add(duplicate);
		System.out.println("After insertion:");
		for(Price pr:lhm){
			System.out.println(pr);
		}
	}
}

class Price{
	
	private String item;
	private int price;
	
	public Price(String itm, int pr){
		this.item = itm;
		this.price = pr;
	}
	
	public int hashCode(){
		System.out.println("In hashcode");
		int hashcode = 0;
		hashcode = price*20;
		hashcode += item.hashCode();
		return hashcode;
	}
	
	public boolean equals(Object obj){
		System.out.println("In equals");
		if (obj instanceof Price) {
			Price pp = (Price) obj;
			return (pp.item.equals(this.item) && pp.price == this.price);
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	public String getItem() {
		return item;
	}
	public void setItem(String item) {
		this.item = item;
	}
	public int getPrice() {
		return price;
	}
	public void setPrice(int price) {
		this.price = price;
	}
	
	public String toString(){
		return "item: "+item+"  price: "+price;
	}
}

Output:
In hashcode
In hashcode
In hashcode
item: Apple  price: 40
item: Orange  price: 30
item: Banana  price: 20
inserting duplicate object...
In hashcode
In equals
After insertion:
item: Apple  price: 40
item: Orange  price: 30
item: Banana  price: 20
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