How do I convert Long to byte[] and back in java
If you are looking for a fast unrolled version, this should do the trick, assuming a byte array called "b" with a length of 8:
byte[] -> long
long l = ((long) b[7] << 56)
| ((long) b[6] & 0xff) << 48
| ((long) b[5] & 0xff) << 40
| ((long) b[4] & 0xff) << 32
| ((long) b[3] & 0xff) << 24
| ((long) b[2] & 0xff) << 16
| ((long) b[1] & 0xff) << 8
| ((long) b[0] & 0xff);
long -> byte[] as an exact counterpart to the above
byte[] b = new byte[] {
(byte) lng,
(byte) (lng >> 8),
(byte) (lng >> 16),
(byte) (lng >> 24),
(byte) (lng >> 32),
(byte) (lng >> 40),
(byte) (lng >> 48),
(byte) (lng >> 56)};
You could use the Byte conversion methods from Google Guava.
Example:
byte[] bytes = Longs.toByteArray(12345L);
I tested the ByteBuffer method against plain bitwise operations but the latter is significantly faster.
public static byte[] longToBytes(long l) {
byte[] result = new byte[8];
for (int i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
result[i] = (byte)(l & 0xFF);
l >>= 8;
}
return result;
}
public static long bytesToLong(final byte[] b) {
long result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
result <<= 8;
result |= (b[i] & 0xFF);
}
return result;
}
For Java 8+ we can use the static variables that were added:
public static byte[] longToBytes(long l) {
byte[] result = new byte[Long.BYTES];
for (int i = Long.BYTES - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
result[i] = (byte)(l & 0xFF);
l >>= Byte.SIZE;
}
return result;
}
public static long bytesToLong(final byte[] b) {
long result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < Long.BYTES; i++) {
result <<= Byte.SIZE;
result |= (b[i] & 0xFF);
}
return result;
}
public byte[] longToBytes(long x) {
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(Long.BYTES);
buffer.putLong(x);
return buffer.array();
}
public long bytesToLong(byte[] bytes) {
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(Long.BYTES);
buffer.put(bytes);
buffer.flip();//need flip
return buffer.getLong();
}
Or wrapped in a class to avoid repeatedly creating ByteBuffers:
public class ByteUtils {
private static ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(Long.BYTES);
public static byte[] longToBytes(long x) {
buffer.putLong(0, x);
return buffer.array();
}
public static long bytesToLong(byte[] bytes) {
buffer.put(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
buffer.flip();//need flip
return buffer.getLong();
}
}
Since this is getting so popular, I just want to mention that I think you're better off using a library like Guava in the vast majority of cases. And if you have some strange opposition to libraries, you should probably consider this answer first for native java solutions. I think the main thing my answer really has going for it is that you don't have to worry about the endian-ness of the system yourself.