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package com.sun.jini.outrigger;

/**
 * Used to hold the description of the parameters of the hash.
 *
 * 
 *
 * @see EntryHandle
 * @see EntryHandle#hashFor(EntryRep,int,EntryHandleHashDesc)
 */
class EntryHandleHashDesc {
    /** Number of bits allocated in the hash for each field */
    int bitsPerField;

    /** How many fields are used in the hash? */
    int fieldsInHash;

    /** A mask with the lower <code>bitsPerField</code> bits set */
    long mask;

    public String toString() {
	return bitsPerField + " bits, " + fieldsInHash + " fields, " +
	       "mask = 0x" + Long.toHexString(mask);
    }
}