public static int getHashType(Configuration conf) {
    String name = conf.get("hbase.hash.type", "murmur");
    return parseHashType(name);
  }
This utility method converts the name of the configured hash type to a symbolic constant.
@param conf configuration
@return one of the predefined constants
hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Hash.java