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The HashingStrategy.java Java example source code

/*
 * Copyright 2015 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 */
package io.netty.util;

/**
 * Abstraction for hash code generation and equality comparison.
 */
public interface HashingStrategy<T> {
    /**
     * Generate a hash code for {@code obj}.
     * <p>
     * This method must obey the same relationship that {@link java.lang.Object#hashCode()} has with
     * {@link java.lang.Object#equals(Object)}:
     * <ul>
     * <li>Calling this method multiple times with the same {@code obj} should return the same result
     * <li>If {@link #equals(Object, Object)} with parameters {@code a} and {@code b} returns {@code true}
     * then the return value for this method for parameters {@code a} and {@code b} must return the same result</li>
     * <li>If {@link #equals(Object, Object)} with parameters {@code a} and {@code b} returns {@code false}
     * then the return value for this method for parameters {@code a} and {@code b} does <strong>not have to
     * return different results results. However this property is desirable.</li>
     * <li>if {@code obj} is {@code null} then this method return {@code 0}
     * </ul>
     */
    int hashCode(T obj);

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if the arguments are equal to each other and {@code false} otherwise.
     * This method has the following restrictions:
     * <ul>
     * <li>reflexive - {@code equals(a, a)} should return true
     * <li>symmetric - {@code equals(a, b)} returns {@code true} iff {@code equals(b, a)} returns
     * {@code true}</li>
     * <li>transitive - if {@code equals(a, b)} returns {@code true} and {@code equals(a, c)} returns
     * {@code true} then {@code equals(b, c)} should also return {@code true}</li>
     * <li>consistent - {@code equals(a, b)} should return the same result when called multiple times
     * assuming {@code a} and {@code b} remain unchanged relative to the comparison criteria</li>
     * <li>if {@code a} and {@code b} are both {@code null} then this method returns {@code true}
     * <li>if {@code a} is {@code null} and {@code b} is non-{@code null}, or {@code a} is non-{@code null} and
     * {@code b} is {@code null} then this method returns {@code false}</li>
     * </ul>
     */
    boolean equals(T a, T b);

    /**
     * A {@link HashingStrategy} which delegates to java's {@link Object#hashCode()}
     * and {@link Object#equals(Object)}.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    HashingStrategy JAVA_HASHER = new HashingStrategy() {
        @Override
        public int hashCode(Object obj) {
            return obj != null ? obj.hashCode() : 0;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
            return (a == b) || (a != null && a.equals(b));
        }
    };
}