/** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You 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. */ package com.nearinfinity.bloomfilter; /** * Provides some useful methods for estimating memory usage, optimal hashes, etc. * @author Aaron McCurry (amccurry@nearinfinity.com) */ public abstract class BloomFilterFormulas { /** * k = (m / n) ln 2 from wikipedia. * @param elementSize the number of elements expected. * @param numberOfBytes the number of bytes allowed. * @return the best number of hashes. */ public static int getOptimalNumberOfHashesByBytes(long elementSize, long numberOfBytes) { return getOptimalNumberOfHashesByBits(elementSize, numberOfBytes *8); } /** * k = (m / n) ln 2 from wikipedia. * @param elementSize the number of elements expected. * @param numberOfBits the number of bytes allowed. * @return the best number of hashes. */ public static int getOptimalNumberOfHashesByBits(long elementSize, long numberOfBits) { return (int) Math.ceil(Math.log(2) * ((double) numberOfBits / elementSize)); } /** * Calculate the number of bytes needed to produce the provided probability of false * positives with the given element size. * @param probabilityOfFalsePositives the probability of false positives for the given number of elements. * @param elementSize the estimated element size. * @return the number of bytes. */ public static int getNumberOfBytes(double probabilityOfFalsePositives, long elementSize) { return getNumberOfBits(probabilityOfFalsePositives,elementSize) / 8; } /** * Calculate the number of bits needed to produce the provided probability of false * positives with the given element size. * @param probabilityOfFalsePositives the probability of false positives. * @param elementSize the estimated element size. * @return the number of bytes. */ public static int getNumberOfBits(double probabilityOfFalsePositives, long elementSize) { return (int) (Math.abs(elementSize * Math.log(probabilityOfFalsePositives)) / (Math.pow(Math.log(2),2))); } }