public int hash(String item) {
		
		final byte[] data = item.getBytes();
		final int length = data.length;
        final int seed =  0x9747b28c;

     // 'm' and 'r' are mixing constants generated offline.
        // They're not really 'magic', they just happen to work well.
        final int m = 0x5bd1e995;
        final int r = 24;

        // Initialize the hash to a random value
        int h = seed^length;
        int length4 = length/4;

        for (int i=0; i<length4; i++) {
            final int i4 = i*4;
            int k = (data[i4+0]&0xff) +((data[i4+1]&0xff)<<8)
                    +((data[i4+2]&0xff)<<16) +((data[i4+3]&0xff)<<24);
            k *= m;
            k ^= k >>> r;
            k *= m;
            h *= m;
            h ^= k;
        }
        
        // Handle the last few bytes of the input array
        switch (length%4) {
        case 3: h ^= (data[(length&~3) +2]&0xff) << 16;
        case 2: h ^= (data[(length&~3) +1]&0xff) << 8;
        case 1: h ^= (data[length&~3]&0xff);
                h *= m;
        }

        h ^= h >>> 13;
        h *= m;
        h ^= h >>> 15;

        return Math.abs(h);
	}