*/
public final class HashCodeBuilder<T> implements Builder<Integer> {
/**
- *
* The value 31 was chosen because it is an odd prime. If it were even and the multiplication
* overflowed, information would be lost, as multiplication by 2 is equivalent to shifting. The
* advantage of using a prime is less clear, but it is traditional. A nice property of 31 is
* that the multiplication can be replaced by a shift and a subtraction for better performance:
* 31 * i == (i << 5) - i. Modern VMs do this sort of optimization automatically.
*
- * (from Joshua Bloch's Effective Java, Chapter 3, Item 9: Always override hashcode when you
+ * <p>(from Joshua Bloch's Effective Java, Chapter 3, Item 9: Always override hashcode when you
* override equals, page 48)
*/
private static final int PRIME = 31;