IHashCodeProvider.GetHashCode(Object) Method
Definition
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Returns a hash code for the specified object.
public:
int GetHashCode(System::Object ^ obj);
public int GetHashCode (object obj);
abstract member GetHashCode : obj -> int
Public Function GetHashCode (obj As Object) As Integer
Parameters
Returns
A hash code for the specified object.
Exceptions
The type of obj
is a reference type and obj
is null
.
Remarks
The return value from this method must not be persisted for two reasons. First, the hash function of a class might be altered to generate a better distribution, rendering any values from the old hash function useless. Second, the default implementation of this class does not guarantee that the same value will be returned by different instances.