On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Allahbaksh Mohammedali Asadullah
<allahbaksh_asadul...@infosys.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Can any one explain How function integer2String works.
>
> public static int int2sortableStr(int val, char[] out, int offset) {
>
> val += Integer.MIN_VALUE;
This maps MIN_VALUE to 0 and MAX_VALUE to 0xffffffff, making the bits
sort lexicographically the same as the full integer range. It's the
same as flipping the sign bit.
> out[offset++] = (char)(val >>> 24);
> out[offset++] = (char)((val >>> 12) & 0x0fff);
> out[offset++] = (char)(val & 0x0fff);
This chops up the bits to fit in char sized pieces to make a string,
avoiding invalid character ranges.
-Yonik
http://www.lucidimagination.com
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