HashMap#hash(int) 方法说明
有人可以向我解释静态HashMap#hash(int)方法吗?
它背后生成均匀分布的哈希值的理由是什么?
/**
 * Applies a supplemental hash function to a given hashCode, which
 * defends against poor quality hash functions.  This is critical
 * because HashMap uses power-of-two length hash tables, that
 * otherwise encounter collisions for hashCodes that do not differ
 * in lower bits. Note: Null keys always map to hash 0, thus index 0.
 */
static int hash(int h) {
    // This function ensures that hashCodes that differ only by
    // constant multiples at each bit position have a bounded
    // number of collisions (approximately 8 at default load factor).
    h ^= (h >>> 20) ^ (h >>> 12);
    return h ^ (h >>> 7) ^ (h >>> 4);
}
一个例子可以使它更容易消化。
澄清我知道运算符,真值表和按位操作。我只是无法真正解码实现或注释。甚至是它背后的原因。