question: public void testHashCodeEqual ( ) { String a = "92948782094488478231212478987482988429808779810457634781384756794987" ; int aScale = - 24 ; String b = "92948782094488478231212478987482988429808779810457634781384756794987" ; int bScale = - 24 ; BigDecimal aNumber = new BigDecimal ( new BigInteger ( a ) , aScale ) ; BigDecimal bNumber = new BigDecimal ( new BigInteger ( b ) , bScale ) ; assertEquals ( "incorrect value" , aNumber . hashCode ( ) , bNumber . hashCode ( ) ) ; }
target:  hashCode() for equal BigDecimals