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[EGIT PATCH 09/10] Hash ObjectId faster.

From
Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Date
Mar 11, 2007, 18:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20070311181603.18012.78635.stgit@lathund.dewire.com>
In-Reply-To
<20070311180608.18012.13767.stgit@lathund.dewire.com>

ObjectId's are well distributed so we can grab the first four bytes as the hash code. The assumption makes hashing faster.

Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
 .../src/org/spearce/jgit/lib/ObjectId.java         |   13 +++++++------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/lib/ObjectId.java b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/lib/ObjectId.java
index 9e62424..45e23e6 100644
--- a/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/lib/ObjectId.java
+++ b/org.spearce.jgit/src/org/spearce/jgit/lib/ObjectId.java
@@ -163,12 +163,13 @@ public class ObjectId implements Comparable {
 	}
 
 	public int hashCode() {
-		int r = 0;
-		for (int k = id.length - 1; k >= 0; k--) {
-			r *= 31;
-			r += id[k];
-		}
-		return r;
+		// Object Id' are well distributed so grab the first four bytes
+		int b0 = id[0] & 0xff;
+		int b1 = id[1] & 0xff;
+		int b2 = id[2] & 0xff;
+		int b3 = id[3] & 0xff;
+		int h = (b0 << 24) | (b1 << 16) | (b2 << 8) | b3;
+		return h;
 	}
 
 	public boolean equals(final ObjectId o) {
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  3. 02/10 Support commit encoding headerRobin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
  4. 03/10 Avoid a nullpointerexception on shutdownRobin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
  5. 04/10 Speed up history by comparing tree hashes.Robin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
  6. 05/10 Cache commitsRobin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
  7. 06/10 Allow history listing on folders and projects.Robin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
  8. 07/10 Return nothing if no version exists for a commit.Robin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
  9. 08/10 Show only commits that represent changes in the history viewRobin Rosenberg, Mar 11, 2007
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