ass="paragraph">Returns a hash code value for the object.  The general contract of <code class="lang-kotlin">hashCode</code> is:</p><ul><li><p class="paragraph">Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once, the <code class="lang-kotlin">hashCode</code> method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in <code class="lang-kotlin">equals</code> comparisons on the object is modified.</p></li><li><p class="paragraph">If two objects are equal according to the <code class