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An interface specifies a type contract that independent classes can implement. Code accepting the interface can operate on multiple implementations, avoiding dependence on one concrete class. A class may implement several interfaces despite having only one direct class superclass.

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Online text: docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Object.html

Cited passages: Object, hashCode general contract and equals contract: equal objects must have equal hash codes; unequal objects need not.