org.objectweb.carol.irmi

Class Hashes

java.lang.Object

org.objectweb.carol.irmi.Hashes

public class Hashes
extends Object

The Hashes class contains static utility methods for converting between hashes and methods. The hash algorithm used is the one described in the RMI specification. Any converstions from Methods to hashes and from (Class, hash) to Method are statically cached.

Author:

Rafael H. Schloming <rhs@mit.edu>

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static long	getHash(Method meth) Converts (and caches) the hash for the given Method.
static Method	getMethod(Class klass, long hash) Searches a given Class for a Method having a given hash.
static long	opnum(Method method) Computes the RMI specified hash for the given method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getHash

public static long getHash(Method meth)

Converts (and caches) the hash for the given Method. The hash algorithm used is the one described in the RMI specification.

Parameters:

meth - the Method to hash

Returns:

the hash code for meth

getMethod

public static Method getMethod(Class klass,
               long hash)

Searches a given Class for a Method having a given hash. The result of this search is cached.

Parameters:

klass - the Class to search

hash - the hash of the desired method

Returns:

the Method matching the given hash, or null if none exists

opnum

public static long opnum(Method method)

Computes the RMI specified hash for the given method.

Parameters:

method - the method to hash

Returns:

the RMI specified hash for method