Here you can find the source of normalHashCode(char[] val)
public static final int normalHashCode(char[] val)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w.j a v a 2s. c o m Copyright 1996-2008 Ariba, Inc. 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. $Id: //ariba/platform/util/core/ariba/util/core/MathUtil.java#11 $ */ public class Main { /** Private method that calculates the hash code for the char[] <b>val</b> according to the java spec. */ public static final int normalHashCode(char[] val) { int h = 0; int off = 0; int len = val.length; if (len < 16) { for (int i = len; i > 0; i--) { h = (h * 37) + val[off++]; } } else { // only sample some characters int skip = len / 8; for (int i = len; i > 0; i -= skip, off += skip) { h = (h * 39) + val[off]; } } return h; } }