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ByteArray wraps java byte arrays (byte[]) to allow byte arrays to be used as keys in hashtables
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import java.io.ObjectOutput;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
ByteArray wraps java byte arrays (byte[]) to allow
byte arrays to be used as keys in hashtables.
This is required because the equals function on
byte[] directly uses reference equality.
This class also allows the trio of array, offset and length
to be carried around as a single object.
*/
public final class ByteArray
{
private byte[] array;
private int offset;
private int length;
/**
Create an instance of this class that wraps ths given array.
This class does not make a copy of the array, it just saves
the reference.
*/
public ByteArray(byte[] array, int offset, int length) {
this.array = array;
this.offset = offset;
this.length = length;
}
public ByteArray(byte[] array) {
this(array, 0, array.length);
}
public ByteArray()
{
}
public void setBytes(byte[] array)
{
this.array = array;
offset = 0;
length = array.length;
}
public void setBytes(byte[] array, int length)
{
this.array = array;
this.offset = 0;
this.length = length;
}
public void setBytes(byte[] array, int offset, int length)
{
this.array = array;
this.offset = offset;
this.length = length;
}
/**
Value equality for byte arrays.
*/
public boolean equals(Object other) {
if (other instanceof ByteArray) {
ByteArray ob = (ByteArray) other;
return ByteArray.equals(array, offset, length, ob.array, ob.offset, ob.length);
}
return false;
}
/**
*/
public int hashCode() {
byte[] larray = array;
int hash = length;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
hash += larray[i + offset];
}
return hash;
}
public final byte[] getArray() {
return array;
}
public final int getOffset() {
return offset;
}
public final int getLength() {
return length;
}
public final void setLength(int newLength) {
length = newLength;
}
/**
* Read this object from a stream of stored objects.
*
* @param in read this.
*
* @exception IOException thrown on error
*/
public void readExternal( ObjectInput in ) throws IOException
{
int len = length = in.readInt();
offset = 0;
array = new byte[len];
in.readFully(array, 0, len);
}
/**
* Write the byte array out w/o compression
*
* @param out write bytes here.
*
* @exception IOException thrown on error
*/
public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException
{
out.writeInt(length);
out.write(array, offset, length);
}
/**
Compare two byte arrays using value equality.
Two byte arrays are equal if their length is
identical and their contents are identical.
*/
private static boolean equals(byte[] a, int aOffset, int aLength, byte[] b, int bOffset, int bLength) {
if (aLength != bLength)
return false;
for (int i = 0; i < aLength; i++) {
if (a[i + aOffset] != b[i + bOffset])
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
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