Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/nodetype/BitsetENTCacheImpl.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/nodetype/BitsetENTCacheImpl.java	(revision 2)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/nodetype/BitsetENTCacheImpl.java	(revision )
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
                             h1 = w1 & 0x0ffffL;
                             h2 = w2 & 0x0ffffL;
                         }
-                        return (int) (h2 - h1);
+                        return Long.signum(h2 - h1);
                     }
                     adr--;
                 }