Class HashCode

java.lang.Object

com.google.common.hash.HashCode

public abstract class HashCode
extends Object

An immutable hash code of arbitrary bit length.

Since:

11.0

Author:

Dimitris Andreou, Kurt Alfred Kluever

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract byte[]	asBytes()	Returns the value of this hash code as a byte array.
abstract int	asInt()	Returns the first four bytes of this hashcode's bytes, converted to an int value in little-endian order.
abstract long	asLong()	Returns the first eight bytes of this hashcode's bytes, converted to a long value in little-endian order.
abstract int	bits()	Returns the number of bits in this hash code; a positive multiple of 8.
final boolean	equals(@Nullable Object object)	Returns true if object is a HashCode instance with the identical byte representation to this hash code.
static HashCode	fromBytes(byte[] bytes)	Creates a HashCode from a byte array.
static HashCode	fromInt(int hash)	Creates a 32-bit HashCode representation of the given int value.
static HashCode	fromLong(long hash)	Creates a 64-bit HashCode representation of the given long value.
static HashCode	fromString(String string)	Creates a HashCode from a hexadecimal (base 16) encoded string.
final int	hashCode()	Returns a "Java hash code" for this HashCode instance; this is well-defined (so, for example, you can safely put HashCode instances into a HashSet) but is otherwise probably not what you want to use.
abstract long	padToLong()	If this hashcode has enough bits, returns asLong(), otherwise returns a long value with asBytes() as the least-significant bytes and 0x00 as the remaining most-significant bytes.
final String	toString()	Returns a string containing each byte of asBytes(), in order, as a two-digit unsigned hexadecimal number in lower case.
int	writeBytesTo(byte[] dest, int offset, int maxLength)	Copies bytes from this hash code into dest.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

bits

public abstract int bits()

Returns the number of bits in this hash code; a positive multiple of 8.

asInt

public abstract int asInt()

Returns the first four bytes of this hashcode's bytes, converted to an int value in little-endian order.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if bits() < 32

asLong

public abstract long asLong()

Returns the first eight bytes of this hashcode's bytes, converted to a long value in little-endian order.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if bits() < 64

padToLong

public abstract long padToLong()

If this hashcode has enough bits, returns asLong(), otherwise returns a long value with asBytes() as the least-significant bytes and 0x00 as the remaining most-significant bytes.

Since:

14.0 (since 11.0 as Hashing.padToLong(HashCode))

asBytes

public abstract byte[] asBytes()

Returns the value of this hash code as a byte array. The caller may modify the byte array; changes to it will not be reflected in this HashCode object or any other arrays returned by this method.

writeBytesTo

@CanIgnoreReturnValue
public int writeBytesTo(byte[] dest,
 int offset,
 int maxLength)

Copies bytes from this hash code into dest.

Parameters:

dest - the byte array into which the hash code will be written

offset - the start offset in the data

maxLength - the maximum number of bytes to write

Returns:

the number of bytes written to dest

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if there is not enough room in dest

fromInt

public static HashCode fromInt(int hash)

Creates a 32-bit HashCode representation of the given int value. The underlying bytes are interpreted in little endian order.

Since:

15.0 (since 12.0 in HashCodes)

fromLong

public static HashCode fromLong(long hash)

Creates a 64-bit HashCode representation of the given long value. The underlying bytes are interpreted in little endian order.

Since:

15.0 (since 12.0 in HashCodes)

fromBytes

public static HashCode fromBytes(byte[] bytes)

Creates a HashCode from a byte array. The array is defensively copied to preserve the immutability contract of HashCode. The array cannot be empty.

Since:

15.0 (since 12.0 in HashCodes)

fromString

public static HashCode fromString(String string)

Creates a HashCode from a hexadecimal (base 16) encoded string. The string must be at least 2 characters long, and contain only valid, lower-cased hexadecimal characters.

This method accepts the exact format generated by toString(). If you require more lenient base 16 decoding, please use BaseEncoding.decode(CharSequence) (and pass the result to fromBytes(byte[])).

Since:

15.0

equals

public final boolean equals(@Nullable Object object)

Returns true if object is a HashCode instance with the identical byte representation to this hash code.

Security note: this method uses a constant-time (not short-circuiting) implementation to protect against timing attacks.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns a "Java hash code" for this HashCode instance; this is well-defined (so, for example, you can safely put HashCode instances into a HashSet) but is otherwise probably not what you want to use.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public final String toString()

Returns a string containing each byte of asBytes(), in order, as a two-digit unsigned hexadecimal number in lower case.

Note that if the output is considered to be a single hexadecimal number, whether this string is big-endian or little-endian depends on the byte order of asBytes(). This may be surprising for implementations of HashCode that represent the number in big-endian since everything else in the hashing API uniformly treats multibyte values as little-endian.

To create a HashCode from its string representation, see fromString(String).

Overrides:

toString in class Object