ShortLexicoder.java

package mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.index.lexicoder;

import com.google.common.primitives.Shorts;

/**
 * A lexicoder for signed integers (in the range from Short.MIN_VALUE to
 * Short.MAX_VALUE). Does an exclusive or on the most significant bit to invert
 * the sign, so that lexicographic ordering of the byte arrays matches the
 * natural order of the numbers.
 * 
 */
public class ShortLexicoder implements
		NumberLexicoder<Short>
{

	protected ShortLexicoder() {}

	@Override
	public byte[] toByteArray(
			final Short value ) {
		return Shorts.toByteArray((short) (value ^ 0x8000));
	}

	@Override
	public Short fromByteArray(
			final byte[] bytes ) {
		final short value = Shorts.fromByteArray(bytes);
		return (short) (value ^ 0x8000);
	}

	@Override
	public Short getMinimumValue() {
		return Short.MIN_VALUE;
	}

	@Override
	public Short getMaximumValue() {
		return Short.MAX_VALUE;
	}

}