ByteArray (YaCy API: javadoc documentation)

```
public class ByteArray
extends java.lang.Object
```
this class is a experimental replacement of byte[]. It can be used if a byte[] shall be stored within a HashMap or HashSet which is faster than TreeMap but is generally not possible because storing a byte[] in a Hashtable does not work because the hash computation does not work for byte[]. This class extends byte[] with a cached hashing function, so it can be used in hashtables. //FIXME: so does storing byte[] in HashMap help? as I'm moving use of Hashtable to //FIXME: HashMap, if so, please remove this class- or notify me

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`private byte[]`	`buffer`
`private int`	`hashCache`

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`ByteArray(byte[] bb)`

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`byte[]`	`asBytes()`
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object other)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`static int`	`hashCode(byte[] b)` compute a hash code that is equal to the hash computation of String()
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String[] args)`
`static long`	`parseDecimal(byte[] s)`
`static boolean`	`startsWith(byte[] buffer, byte[] pattern)`
`long`	`usedMemory()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

public static boolean startsWith(byte[] buffer,
                 byte[] pattern)

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

public static long parseDecimal(byte[] s)
                         throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Class ByteArray