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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Brent Douglas and other contributors
 * as indicated by the @author tags. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed 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
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 */
package io.machinecode.vial.api;

/**
 * Spreads a hash code to change the distribution of keys in a hash map or set.
 *
 * 
Implementations SHOULD be serializable. If they are not the map or set they are used in will
 * not be serializable.
 *
 * @author Brent Douglas
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Spread {

  /**
   * @param h The hash code to spread.
   * @return The modified hash code.
   */
  int spread(int h);
}