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// Mutable class Employee
class Employee {
  private String name;
  private double salary;

  Employee(String empName, double empSalary) {
    this.name = empName;
    this.salary = empSalary;
  }

  public void setEmployeeName(String empName) {
    this.name = empName;
  }

  // ... including a hashCode implementationpublic void setSalary(double empSalary) {
    this.salary = empSalary;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (!(o instanceof Employee)) {
      return false;
    }

    Employee emp = (Employee)o;
    return emp.name.equals(name);
  }

  public int hashCode() {/* ... */}

}

// Client code
Map<Employee, Calendar> map =
  new ConcurrentHashMap<Employee, Calendar>();
// ...

// Mutable class Employee
class Employee {
  private String name;
  private double salary;
  private final long employeeID;  // Unique for each Employee

  Employee(String name, double salary, long empID) {
    this.name = name;
    this.salary = salary;
    this.employeeID = empID;
  }

  // ... including a hashCode implementation

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (!(o instanceof Employee)) {
      return false;
    }

    Employee emp = (Employee)o;
    return emp.employeeID == employeeID;
  }
}

// Client code remains same
Map<Employee, Calendar> map =
  new ConcurrentHashMap<Employee, Calendar>();
// ...