org.jboss.dna.common.util
Class HashCode

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.dna.common.util.HashCode

public class HashCode
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for easily computing hash codes. The algorithm should generally produce good distributions for use in hash-based containers or collections, but as expected does always result in repeatable hash codes given the inputs.

Author:

Randall Hauch

Constructor Summary

HashCode()

Method Summary

static int

compute(java.lang.Object... objects) Compute a combined hash code from the supplied objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HashCode

public HashCode()

Method Detail

compute

public static int compute(java.lang.Object... objects)

Compute a combined hash code from the supplied objects. This method always returns 0 if no objects are supplied.

Parameters:

objects - the objects that should be used to compute the hash code

Returns:

the hash code