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Interface Hasher

public interface Hasher

An application-specified, database hash function.

Method Summary

int	hash(Database db, byte[] data, int len) An application-specified, database-specific hash function.

Method Detail

hash

public int hash(Database db,
                byte[] data,
                int len)

An application-specified, database-specific hash function.

The hash function must handle any key values used by the application (possibly including zero-length keys).

Parameters:

db - The enclosing database handle.

data - The byte string to be hashed.

len - The length of the byte string in bytes.

Returns:

The hash value of the byte string.