Convert.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2010-2016 by the respective copyright holders.
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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 */
package org.openhab.binding.plcbus.internal.protocol;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Methods for converting Datatypes
 *
 * @author Robin Lenz
 * @since 1.1.0
 */
public class Convert {

    /**
     * Converts a int value to byte
     * 
     * @param value
     *            int to convert
     * @return byte representation of value
     */
    public static byte toByte(int value) {
        return (byte) ((value & 0xFF));
    }

    /**
     * Converts a byte value from string
     * 
     * @param value string to convert
     * @param dimension of result
     * @return byte representation of value
     */
    public static byte toByte(String value, int dimension) {
        return (byte) Integer.parseInt(value, dimension);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a byte array from a list of Byte
     * 
     * @param list of Bytes
     * @return byte array
     */
    public static byte[] toByteArray(List<Byte> list) {
        byte[] result = new byte[list.size()];

        for (int pos = 0; pos < list.size(); pos++) {
            result[pos] = list.get(pos);
        }

        return result;
    }

}