net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api

Interface HashCodeFunction<VALUE>

Type Parameters:

VALUE - is the generic type of the objects to hash. May also be Object for generic implementations.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHashCodeFunction, HashCodeFunctionDefault, HashCodeFunctionSystemIdentity

public interface HashCodeFunction<VALUE>

This (functional) interface allows to implement an external function to calculate the hash code of an object of the type <VALUE>.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	hashCode(VALUE value)

Method Detail

hashCode

int hashCode(VALUE value)

Parameters:

value - is the object to hash.

Returns:

the custom hash code of the given value. The default implementation will simply return value.hashCode().