Retrieving object from its hashcode.

Question

I can get reference of object through toString if not overloaded for example, "com.app.MyObject@234d80". But, is there anyway to get the object if I have just the string. Is it safe ?

Answer 1

No there isn't. Even if there was some global map that returns an object by some key, hashCode wouldn't serve as that key, since two different objects can have the same hashCode.