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// Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. import java.util.Arrays; /** * Combines multiple values to form a single composite key. MultiKey can often be used as an alternative to nested * maps. */ public final class MultiKey { private static final int PRIME = 31; private final Object[] values; private final int hashCode; /** * Creates a new instance from the provided values. It is assumed that the values provided are good map keys * themselves -- immutable, with proper implementations of equals() and hashCode(). * * @param values */ public MultiKey(Object... values) { this.values = values; hashCode = PRIME * Arrays.hashCode(this.values); } @Override public int hashCode() { return hashCode; } @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (this == obj) return true; if (obj == null) return false; if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false; final MultiKey other = (MultiKey) obj; return Arrays.equals(values, other.values); } @Override public String toString() { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("MultiKey["); boolean first = true; for (Object o : values) { if (!first) builder.append(", "); builder.append(o); first = false; } builder.append("]"); return builder.toString(); } }