common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/hash/Hash.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.util.hash;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;

/**
 * This class represents a common API for hashing functions.
 */
public abstract class Hash {
  /** Constant to denote invalid hash type. */
  public static final int INVALID_HASH = -1;
  /** Constant to denote {@link JenkinsHash}. */
  public static final int JENKINS_HASH = 0;
  /** Constant to denote {@link MurmurHash}. */
  public static final int MURMUR_HASH  = 1;
  
  /**
   * This utility method converts String representation of hash function name
   * to a symbolic constant. Currently two function types are supported,
   * "jenkins" and "murmur".
   * @param name hash function name
   * @return one of the predefined constants
   */
  public static int parseHashType(String name) {
    if ("jenkins".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
      return JENKINS_HASH;
    } else if ("murmur".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
      return MURMUR_HASH;
    } else {
      return INVALID_HASH;
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * This utility method converts the name of the configured
   * hash type to a symbolic constant.
   * @param conf configuration
   * @return one of the predefined constants
   */
  public static int getHashType(Configuration conf) {
    String name = conf.get("hadoop.util.hash.type", "murmur");
    return parseHashType(name);
  }
  
  /**
   * Get a singleton instance of hash function of a given type.
   * @param type predefined hash type
   * @return hash function instance, or null if type is invalid
   */
  public static Hash getInstance(int type) {
    switch(type) {
    case JENKINS_HASH:
      return JenkinsHash.getInstance();
    case MURMUR_HASH:
      return MurmurHash.getInstance();
    default:
      return null;
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Get a singleton instance of hash function of a type
   * defined in the configuration.
   * @param conf current configuration
   * @return defined hash type, or null if type is invalid
   */
  public static Hash getInstance(Configuration conf) {
    int type = getHashType(conf);
    return getInstance(type);
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculate a hash using all bytes from the input argument, and
   * a seed of -1.
   * @param bytes input bytes
   * @return hash value
   */
  public int hash(byte[] bytes) {
    return hash(bytes, bytes.length, -1);
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculate a hash using all bytes from the input argument,
   * and a provided seed value.
   * @param bytes input bytes
   * @param initval seed value
   * @return hash value
   */
  public int hash(byte[] bytes, int initval) {
    return hash(bytes, bytes.length, initval);
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculate a hash using bytes from 0 to <code>length</code>, and
   * the provided seed value
   * @param bytes input bytes
   * @param length length of the valid bytes to consider
   * @param initval seed value
   * @return hash value
   */
  public abstract int hash(byte[] bytes, int length, int initval);
}