You need to override the two methods for any number of reasons. The GetHashCode
is used for insertion and lookup in Dictionary
and HashTable
, for example. The Equals
method is used for any equality tests on the objects. For example:
public partial class myClass
{
public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
return base.Equals(obj);
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
return base.GetHashCode();
}
}
For GetHashCode
, I would have done:
public int GetHashCode()
{
return PersonId.GetHashCode() ^
Name.GetHashCode() ^
Age.GetHashCode();
}
If you override the GetHashCode
method, you should also override Equals
, and vice versa. If your overridden Equals
method returns true
when two objects are tested for equality, your overridden GetHashCode
method must return the same value for the two objects.