Creates an long out of a bitset - Java java.util

Java examples for java.util:BitSet

Description

Creates an long out of a bitset

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.util.BitSet;

public class Main {
    static final private byte NBITS_LONG_REPRESENTATION = 64;

    /**
     * Creates an long out of a bitset
     *
     * @param bitSet the bitset
     * @return a long from the bitset representation
     */
    public static long longFrom(final BitSet bitSet) {
        return longFrom(bitSet, NBITS_LONG_REPRESENTATION);
    }

    /**
     * Cretes an integer with any number of bits (up to 64 -- long precision) from a bitset
     *
     * @param bitSet the bitset
     * @param nBits  the number of bits to be used for this representation
     * @return an integer with nBits from the bitset representation
     */
    public static long longFrom(final BitSet bitSet, final int nBits) {
        long number = 0;
        for (int bitIndex = bitSet.nextSetBit(0); bitIndex >= 0
                && bitIndex <= nBits; bitIndex = bitSet
                .nextSetBit(bitIndex + 1))
            number |= 1L << bitIndex;

        return number;
    }
}

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