lib/java/src/org/apache/thrift/EncodingUtils.java

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package org.apache.thrift;

/**
 * Utility methods for use when encoding/decoding raw data as byte arrays.
 */
public class EncodingUtils {

  /**
   * Encode <code>integer</code> as a series of 4 bytes into <code>buf</code>
   * starting at position 0 within that buffer.
   * 
   * @param integer
   *          The integer to encode.
   * @param buf
   *          The buffer to write to.
   */
  public static final void encodeBigEndian(final int integer, final byte[] buf) {
    encodeBigEndian(integer, buf, 0);
  }

  /**
   * Encode <code>integer</code> as a series of 4 bytes into <code>buf</code>
   * starting at position <code>offset</code>.
   * 
   * @param integer
   *          The integer to encode.
   * @param buf
   *          The buffer to write to.
   * @param offset
   *          The offset within <code>buf</code> to start the encoding.
   */
  public static final void encodeBigEndian(final int integer, final byte[] buf, int offset) {
    buf[offset] = (byte) (0xff & (integer >> 24));
    buf[offset + 1] = (byte) (0xff & (integer >> 16));
    buf[offset + 2] = (byte) (0xff & (integer >> 8));
    buf[offset + 3] = (byte) (0xff & (integer));
  }

  /**
   * Decode a series of 4 bytes from <code>buf</code>, starting at position 0,
   * and interpret them as an integer.
   * 
   * @param buf
   *          The buffer to read from.
   * @return An integer, as read from the buffer.
   */
  public static final int decodeBigEndian(final byte[] buf) {
    return decodeBigEndian(buf, 0);
  }

  /**
   * Decode a series of 4 bytes from <code>buf</code>, start at
   * <code>offset</code>, and interpret them as an integer.
   * 
   * @param buf
   *          The buffer to read from.
   * @param offset
   *          The offset with <code>buf</code> to start the decoding.
   * @return An integer, as read from the buffer.
   */
  public static final int decodeBigEndian(final byte[] buf, int offset) {
    return ((buf[offset] & 0xff) << 24) | ((buf[offset + 1] & 0xff) << 16)
        | ((buf[offset + 2] & 0xff) << 8) | ((buf[offset + 3] & 0xff));
  }

}