LongAsInt.java

// This software is released into the Public Domain.  See copying.txt for details.
package org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.util;

import org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.OsmosisRuntimeException;


/**
 * Contains utility methods supporting storage of longs as integers. This is
 * only useful while OSM ids remain below Integer.MAX_VALUE.
 * 
 * @author Brett Henderson
 */
public final class LongAsInt {
	
	/**
	 * This class cannot be constructed.
	 */
	private LongAsInt() {
		// Do nothing.
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Converts the specified long to an int and verifies that it is legal.
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 *            The identifier to be converted.
	 * @return The integer representation of the id.
	 */
	public static int longToInt(long value) {
		// Verify that the value can be safely cast to an integer.
		if (value > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
			throw new OsmosisRuntimeException("Cannot represent " + value + " as an integer.");
		}
		if (value < Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
			throw new OsmosisRuntimeException("Cannot represent " + value + " as an integer.");
		}
		
		return (int) value;
	}
}