protected final long storeCharChunk(final char[] ch, final int start, final int length) {
final int hcode = HashUtils.hashCode(ch, start, length);
final long haddr = _hashv2addr.get(hcode);
if (haddr != -1L) {
final char[] strInAddr = getChars(haddr);
assert (strInAddr != null);
if (ArrayUtils.equals(strInAddr, ch, start, length)) {
return haddr;
} else {
_hashv2addr.remove(hcode);
}
}
final long raddr = allocateCharChunk(ch, start, length);
_hashv2addr.put(hcode, raddr);
return raddr;
}
