Re: hashCode() for Custom classes
Peter Duniho wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:01:20 -0700, rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> wrote:
<mode=nitpick>
In Effective Java (Item 8) Bloch uses:
int hash = 17;
and says "A nonzero initial value is used in step 1, so the hash value
will be affected by initial fields whose hash value, as computed in
step 2.a, is zero. If zero was used as the initial value in step 1,
the overall hash value would be unaffected by any such initial fields,
which could increase collisions. The value 17 is arbitrary."
In this case if name.hashCode() was zero then it would have no effect
on the final result. With a non-zero starting value then the hash
result would be multiplied by 37 and so the zero value has an effect.
</mode>
I admit...I don't get his reasoning.
First of all, 0 is a very unusual hash code to return. I suppose it's
always possible, but unless you're dealing with some type that is
32-bits or less and just returns its own value as the hash code, it
doesn't seem likely.
Integer has only 32 bits of state, returns its own value as the hash
code, and zero is not an unusual value for an integer.
Patricia
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