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package org.apache.log4j;

/**
 * CategoryKey is a wrapper for String that apparently accellerated hash table
 * lookup in early JVM's.
 * 
 * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
 */
class CategoryKey {

    String name;
    int hashCache;

    CategoryKey(String name) {
	this.name = name;
	hashCache = name.hashCode();
    }

    final public int hashCode() {
	return hashCache;
    }

    final public boolean equals(Object rArg) {
	if (this == rArg)
	    return true;

	if (rArg != null && CategoryKey.class == rArg.getClass())
	    return name.equals(((CategoryKey) rArg).name);
	else
	    return false;
    }
}
