Returns a hash code representing the current state of this ``Params`` object.  We don't
        want to implement ``__hash__`` because that has deeper python implications (and this is a
        mutable object), but this will give you a representation of the current state.

def get_hash(self) -> str:
        """
        Returns a hash code representing the current state of this ``Params`` object.  We don't
        want to implement ``__hash__`` because that has deeper python implications (and this is a
        mutable object), but this will give you a representation of the current state.
        """
        return str(hash(json.dumps(self.params, sort_keys=True)))