Difference between hashcode() and equals()...

[singhsn]

I have tried so many times to find the difference...but not getting a satisfactory explanation.... can anybody explain with a good example??

[sampra]

hashcode is an integer number which is provide to each object by jvm note that this is not address of object but for convencing internally they use

equals() is used to compare the objects it returns boolean value
if any doubt then pls ask