Why same of both hashCode is same where both object creation is diffrent in string?

Question

class Program
{
public static void main(String[] args) {

String a1= new String("Literal");
String a2 = "Literal";
System.out.println(a1.hashCode());
System.out.println(a2.hashCode());
}
}

Answer 1

It doesn't matter how they are created. Those are two equal strings. When two objects are equal then they have the same hashCode