HashCodes.cs

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.

namespace HoloToolkit.Unity
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides helper methods for combining hash codes of many properties or objects into an
    /// aggregated hash code.
    /// </summary>
    public static class HashCodes
    {
        public static int Combine(int first, int second)
        {
            // This algorithm is based on .Net 4.6.1's implementation of Tuple.
            return (((first << 5) + first) ^ second);
        }

        // NOTE: The following are generic to avoid boxing structs:

        public static int FromNullable<T1>(T1 toHash)
        {
            return (toHash == null)
                ? 0
                : toHash.GetHashCode();
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2>(T1 first, T2 second)
        {
            return Combine(FromNullable(first), FromNullable(second));
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2, T3>(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third)
        {
            return Combine(Combine(first, second), FromNullable(third));
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2, T3, T4>(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third, T4 fourth)
        {
            return Combine(Combine(first, second, third), FromNullable(fourth));
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third, T4 fourth, T5 fifth)
        {
            return Combine(Combine(first, second, third, fourth), FromNullable(fifth));
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third, T4 fourth, T5 fifth, T6 sixth)
        {
            return Combine(Combine(first, second, third, fourth, fifth), FromNullable(sixth));
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7>(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third, T4 fourth, T5 fifth, T6 sixth, T7 seventh)
        {
            return Combine(Combine(first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth), FromNullable(seventh));
        }

        public static int Combine<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8>(T1 first, T2 second, T3 third, T4 fourth, T5 fifth, T6 sixth, T7 seventh, T8 eighth)
        {
            return Combine(Combine(first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh), FromNullable(eighth));
        }
    }
}