/****************************************************************************

* File: HashFunction.java

* Author: Keith Schwarz (htiek@cs.stanford.edu)

*

* An object representing a hash function capable of hashing objects of some

* type. This allows the notion of a hash function to be kept separate from

* the object itself and is necessary to provide families of hash functions.

*/

public interface HashFunction<T> {

/**

* Given an object, returns the hash code of that object.

*

* @param obj The object whose hash code should be computed.

* @return The object's hash code.

*/

public int hash(T obj);

}