Berkeley DB
version 4.7.25

com.sleepycat.db
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

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.

@return The hash value of the byte string.


Berkeley DB
version 4.7.25

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