CategoryKey.java

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package org.apache.log4j;

/**
   CategoryKey is a wrapper for String that apparently accellerated
   hash table lookup in early JVM's.
   @author Ceki Gülcü 
*/
class CategoryKey {

  String   name;  
  int hashCache;

  CategoryKey(String name) {
    this.name = name;
    hashCache = name.hashCode();
  }

  final
  public  
  int hashCode() {
    return hashCache;
  }

  final
  public
  boolean equals(Object rArg) {
    if(this == rArg)
      return true;
    
    if(rArg != null && CategoryKey.class == rArg.getClass()) 
      return  name.equals(((CategoryKey)rArg ).name);
    else 
      return false;
  }
}