com.helger.commons.hashcode

Interface IHashCodeGenerator

All Superinterfaces:

IAppendable<IHashCodeGenerator>

All Known Implementing Classes:

HashCodeGenerator

public interface IHashCodeGenerator
extends IAppendable<IHashCodeGenerator>

Base interface for hash code generators.

Author:

Philip Helger

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	ILLEGAL_HASHCODE Represents an illegal hash code that is never to be returned!

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getHashCode() Retrieve the final hash code.

Methods inherited from interface com.helger.commons.lang.IAppendable

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Field Detail

ILLEGAL_HASHCODE

static final int ILLEGAL_HASHCODE

Represents an illegal hash code that is never to be returned!

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getHashCode

int getHashCode()

Retrieve the final hash code. Once this method has been called, no further calls to append can be done since the hash value is locked!

Returns:

The finally completed hash code. The returned value is never ILLEGAL_HASHCODE. If the calculated hash code would be ILLEGAL_HASHCODE it is changed to -1 instead.