先来看下Object源码里hashcode方法：
/**
* Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is
* supported for the benefit of hashtables such as those provided by
* <code>java.util.Hashtable</code>.
* <p>
* The general contract of <code>hashCode</code> is:
* <ul>
* <li>Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during
* an execution of a Java application, the <tt>hashCode</tt> method
* must consistently return the same integer, provided no information
* used in <tt>equals</tt> comparisons on the object is modified.
* This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an
* application to another execution of the same application.
* <li>If two objects are equal according to the <tt>equals(Object)</tt>
* method, then calling the <code>hashCode</code> method on each of
* the two objects must produce the same integer result.
* <li>It is <em>not</em> required that if two objects are unequal
* according to the {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}
* method, then calling the <tt>hashCode</tt> method on each of the
* two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the
* programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results
* for unequal objects may improve the performance of hashtables.
* </ul>
* <p>
* As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined by
* class <tt>Object</tt> does return distinct integers for distinct
* objects. (This is typically implemented by converting the internal
* address of the object into an integer, but this implementation
* technique is not required by the
* Java<font size="-2"><sup>TM</sup></font> programming language.)
*
* @return a hash code value for this object.
* @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
* @see java.util.Hashtable
*/
public native int hashCode();
根据上面的注释我们可以看到，在调用equals方法的时候会调用hashcode（），也就是我们重写equals（）的时候也要重写hashCode（）...
我们在来看下hashTable的实现：
/**
* Returns the hash code value for this Map as per the definition in the
* Map interface.
*
* @see Map#hashCode()
* @since 1.2
*/ // 计算Hashtable的哈希值
public synchronized int hashCode() {
/*
* This code detects the recursion caused by computing the hash code
* of a self-referential hash table and prevents the stack overflow
* that would otherwise result. This allows certain 1.1-era
* applets with self-referential hash tables to work. This code
* abuses the loadFactor field to do double-duty as a hashCode
* in progress flag, so as not to worsen the space performance.
* A negative load factor indicates that hash code computation is
* in progress.
*/
int h = 0;
if (count == 0 || loadFactor < 0)
return h; // Returns zero
loadFactor = -loadFactor; // Mark hashCode computation in progress
Entry[] tab = table;
for (int i = 0; i < tab.length; i++)
for (Entry e = tab[i]; e != null; e = e.next)
h += e.key.hashCode() ^ e.value.hashCode(); //否则，返回“Hashtable中的每个Entry的key和value的异或值 的总和”。
loadFactor = -loadFactor; // Mark hashCode computation complete
return h;
}
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/xiaoblog/p/4201337.html