Sample CFML to hash a string into an integer using java hashCode() using ColdFusion.

java-string-hashcode.cfm

<!--- 20220203 string.hashCode() returns an integer. 
  GIST: https://gist.github.com/JamoCA/e94b1100932db2c02b18eb11afc56079
  INFO: https://www.programiz.com/java-programming/library/string/hashcode
--->
 
<cfscript>
tests = [
	"hello world"
	,now()
	,"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
	,"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	,123
];
results = createObject( "java", "java.util.Hashtable" ).init();
for (test in tests) {
	results["#test#"] = test.toString().hashCode();
}

writedump(var=results, label="hashCode() results");
</cfscript>