Why both hashCode() and equals() exist

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Published on 2010-03-18T11:09:23Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 11:21 UTC
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why java Object class has two methods hashcode() and equals()? One of them looks redundant and its percolated to the bottom most derived class?

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