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     91 com.google.common.primitives</FONT>
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     93 Class Bytes</H2>
     94 <PRE>
     95 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">java.lang.Object</A>
     96   <IMG SRC="../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><B>com.google.common.primitives.Bytes</B>
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    100 <DT><PRE>public final class <B>Bytes</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></DL>
    101 </PRE>
    102 
    103 <P>
    104 Static utility methods pertaining to <code>byte</code> primitives, that are not
    105  already found in either <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Byte.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Byte</CODE></A> or <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Arrays</CODE></A>, <i>and interpret
    106  bytes as neither signed nor unsigned</i>. The methods which specifically
    107  treat bytes as signed or unsigned are found in <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/SignedBytes.html" title="class in com.google.common.primitives"><CODE>SignedBytes</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/UnsignedBytes.html" title="class in com.google.common.primitives"><CODE>UnsignedBytes</CODE></A>.
    108 <P>
    109 
    110 <P>
    111 <DL>
    112 <DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
    113   <DD>2009.09.15 <b>tentative</b></DD>
    114 <DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
    115   <DD>Kevin Bourrillion</DD>
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    131 <CODE>static&nbsp;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A>&lt;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Byte.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Byte</A>&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
    132 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#asList(byte...)">asList</A></B>(byte...&nbsp;backingArray)</CODE>
    133 
    134 <BR>
    135 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a fixed-size list backed by the specified array, similar to <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html?is-external=true#asList(T...)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Arrays.asList(Object[])</CODE></A>.</TD>
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    138 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
    139 <CODE>static&nbsp;byte[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
    140 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#concat(byte[]...)">concat</A></B>(byte[]...&nbsp;arrays)</CODE>
    141 
    142 <BR>
    143 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the values from each provided array combined into a single array.</TD>
    144 </TR>
    145 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
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    147 <CODE>static&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
    148 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#contains(byte[], byte)">contains</A></B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    149          byte&nbsp;target)</CODE>
    150 
    151 <BR>
    152 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns <code>true</code> if <code>target</code> is present as an element anywhere in
    153  <code>array</code>.</TD>
    154 </TR>
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    157 <CODE>static&nbsp;byte[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
    158 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#ensureCapacity(byte[], int, int)">ensureCapacity</A></B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    159                int&nbsp;minLength,
    160                int&nbsp;padding)</CODE>
    161 
    162 <BR>
    163 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns an array containing the same values as <code>array</code>, but
    164  guaranteed to be of a specified minimum length.</TD>
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    168 <CODE>static&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
    169 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#hashCode(byte)">hashCode</A></B>(byte&nbsp;value)</CODE>
    170 
    171 <BR>
    172 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a hash code for <code>value</code>; equal to the result of invoking
    173  <code>((Byte) value).hashCode()</code>.</TD>
    174 </TR>
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    176 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
    177 <CODE>static&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
    178 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#indexOf(byte[], byte)">indexOf</A></B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    179         byte&nbsp;target)</CODE>
    180 
    181 <BR>
    182 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index of the first appearance of the value <code>target</code> in
    183  <code>array</code>.</TD>
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    185 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
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    187 <CODE>static&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
    188 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#indexOf(byte[], byte[])">indexOf</A></B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    189         byte[]&nbsp;target)</CODE>
    190 
    191 <BR>
    192 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the start position of the first occurrence of the specified <code>target</code> within <code>array</code>, or <code>-1</code> if there is no such occurrence.</TD>
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    196 <CODE>static&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
    197 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#lastIndexOf(byte[], byte)">lastIndexOf</A></B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    198             byte&nbsp;target)</CODE>
    199 
    200 <BR>
    201 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index of the last appearance of the value <code>target</code> in
    202  <code>array</code>.</TD>
    203 </TR>
    204 <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
    205 <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
    206 <CODE>static&nbsp;byte[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
    207 <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/primitives/Bytes.html#toArray(java.util.Collection)">toArray</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Byte.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Byte</A>&gt;&nbsp;collection)</CODE>
    208 
    209 <BR>
    210 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copies a collection of <code>Byte</code> instances into a new array of
    211  primitive <code>byte</code> values.</TD>
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    236 <A NAME="hashCode(byte)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    237 hashCode</H3>
    238 <PRE>
    239 public static int <B>hashCode</B>(byte&nbsp;value)</PRE>
    240 <DL>
    241 <DD>Returns a hash code for <code>value</code>; equal to the result of invoking
    242  <code>((Byte) value).hashCode()</code>.
    243 <P>
    244 <DD><DL>
    245 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>value</CODE> - a primitive <code>byte</code> value
    246 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a hash code for the value</DL>
    247 </DD>
    248 </DL>
    249 <HR>
    250 
    251 <A NAME="contains(byte[], byte)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    252 contains</H3>
    253 <PRE>
    254 public static boolean <B>contains</B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    255                                byte&nbsp;target)</PRE>
    256 <DL>
    257 <DD>Returns <code>true</code> if <code>target</code> is present as an element anywhere in
    258  <code>array</code>.
    259 <P>
    260 <DD><DL>
    261 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>array</CODE> - an array of <code>byte</code> values, possibly empty<DD><CODE>target</CODE> - a primitive <code>byte</code> value
    262 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if <code>array[i] == target</code> for some value of <code>i</code></DL>
    263 </DD>
    264 </DL>
    265 <HR>
    266 
    267 <A NAME="indexOf(byte[], byte)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    268 indexOf</H3>
    269 <PRE>
    270 public static int <B>indexOf</B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    271                           byte&nbsp;target)</PRE>
    272 <DL>
    273 <DD>Returns the index of the first appearance of the value <code>target</code> in
    274  <code>array</code>.
    275 <P>
    276 <DD><DL>
    277 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>array</CODE> - an array of <code>byte</code> values, possibly empty<DD><CODE>target</CODE> - a primitive <code>byte</code> value
    278 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the least index <code>i</code> for which <code>array[i] == target</code>, or
    279      <code>-1</code> if no such index exists.</DL>
    280 </DD>
    281 </DL>
    282 <HR>
    283 
    284 <A NAME="indexOf(byte[], byte[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
    285 indexOf</H3>
    286 <PRE>
    287 public static int <B>indexOf</B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    288                           byte[]&nbsp;target)</PRE>
    289 <DL>
    290 <DD>Returns the start position of the first occurrence of the specified <code>target</code> within <code>array</code>, or <code>-1</code> if there is no such occurrence.
    291 
    292  <p>More formally, returns the lowest index <code>i</code> such that <code>java.util.Arrays.copyOfRange(array, i, i + target.length)</code> contains exactly
    293  the same elements as <code>target</code>.
    294 <P>
    295 <DD><DL>
    296 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>array</CODE> - the array to search for the sequence <code>target</code><DD><CODE>target</CODE> - the array to search for as a sub-sequence of <code>array</code></DL>
    297 </DD>
    298 </DL>
    299 <HR>
    300 
    301 <A NAME="lastIndexOf(byte[], byte)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    302 lastIndexOf</H3>
    303 <PRE>
    304 public static int <B>lastIndexOf</B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    305                               byte&nbsp;target)</PRE>
    306 <DL>
    307 <DD>Returns the index of the last appearance of the value <code>target</code> in
    308  <code>array</code>.
    309 <P>
    310 <DD><DL>
    311 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>array</CODE> - an array of <code>byte</code> values, possibly empty<DD><CODE>target</CODE> - a primitive <code>byte</code> value
    312 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the greatest index <code>i</code> for which <code>array[i] == target</code>,
    313      or <code>-1</code> if no such index exists.</DL>
    314 </DD>
    315 </DL>
    316 <HR>
    317 
    318 <A NAME="concat(byte[]...)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    319 concat</H3>
    320 <PRE>
    321 public static byte[] <B>concat</B>(byte[]...&nbsp;arrays)</PRE>
    322 <DL>
    323 <DD>Returns the values from each provided array combined into a single array.
    324  For example, <code>concat(new byte[] {a, b}, new byte[] {}, new
    325  byte[] {c}</code> returns the array <code>{a, b, c}</code>.
    326 <P>
    327 <DD><DL>
    328 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>arrays</CODE> - zero or more <code>byte</code> arrays
    329 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a single array containing all the values from the source arrays, in
    330      order</DL>
    331 </DD>
    332 </DL>
    333 <HR>
    334 
    335 <A NAME="ensureCapacity(byte[], int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    336 ensureCapacity</H3>
    337 <PRE>
    338 public static byte[] <B>ensureCapacity</B>(byte[]&nbsp;array,
    339                                     int&nbsp;minLength,
    340                                     int&nbsp;padding)</PRE>
    341 <DL>
    342 <DD>Returns an array containing the same values as <code>array</code>, but
    343  guaranteed to be of a specified minimum length. If <code>array</code> already
    344  has a length of at least <code>minLength</code>, it is returned directly.
    345  Otherwise, a new array of size <code>minLength + padding</code> is returned,
    346  containing the values of <code>array</code>, and zeroes in the remaining places.
    347 <P>
    348 <DD><DL>
    349 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>array</CODE> - the source array<DD><CODE>minLength</CODE> - the minimum length the returned array must guarantee<DD><CODE>padding</CODE> - an extra amount to "grow" the array by if growth is
    350      necessary
    351 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array containing the values of <code>array</code>, with guaranteed
    352      minimum length <code>minLength</code>
    353 <DT><B>Throws:</B>
    354 <DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if <code>minLength</code> or <code>padding</code> is
    355      negative</DL>
    356 </DD>
    357 </DL>
    358 <HR>
    359 
    360 <A NAME="toArray(java.util.Collection)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    361 toArray</H3>
    362 <PRE>
    363 public static byte[] <B>toArray</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A>&lt;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Byte.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Byte</A>&gt;&nbsp;collection)</PRE>
    364 <DL>
    365 <DD>Copies a collection of <code>Byte</code> instances into a new array of
    366  primitive <code>byte</code> values.
    367 
    368  <p>Elements are copied from the argument collection as if by <code>collection.toArray()</code>.  Calling this method is as thread-safe as calling
    369  that method.
    370 <P>
    371 <DD><DL>
    372 <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>collection</CODE> - a collection of <code>Byte</code> objects
    373 <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array containing the same values as <code>collection</code>, in the
    374      same order, converted to primitives
    375 <DT><B>Throws:</B>
    376 <DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if <code>collection</code> or any of its elements
    377      is null</DL>
    378 </DD>
    379 </DL>
    380 <HR>
    381 
    382 <A NAME="asList(byte...)"><!-- --></A><H3>
    383 asList</H3>
    384 <PRE>
    385 public static <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A>&lt;<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Byte.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Byte</A>&gt; <B>asList</B>(byte...&nbsp;backingArray)</PRE>
    386 <DL>
    387 <DD>Returns a fixed-size list backed by the specified array, similar to <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html?is-external=true#asList(T...)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Arrays.asList(Object[])</CODE></A>. The list supports <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true#set(int, E)" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List.set(int, Object)</CODE></A>,
    388  but any attempt to set a value to <code>null</code> will result in a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>NullPointerException</CODE></A>.
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