org.terracotta.modules.ehcache.async.scatterpolicies
Interface ItemScatterPolicy<E extends Serializable>

All Known Implementing Classes:

HashCodeScatterPolicy, SingleBucketScatterPolicy

public interface ItemScatterPolicy<E extends Serializable>

Method Summary

int	selectBucket(int count, E item) Returns a bucket index in the range 0 to (count - 1) to which an item should be assigned.

Method Detail

selectBucket

int selectBucket(int count,
                 E item)

Returns a bucket index in the range 0 to (count - 1) to which an item should be assigned.

Parameters:

count - exclusive maximum index

item - the item we are scattering across the buckets

Returns:

bucket index to use