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/**
 * Operations on bit-mapped fields.
 *
 * @author Apache Jakarta POI
 * @author Scott Sanders (sanders at apache dot org)
 * @author Marc Johnson (mjohnson at apache dot org)
 * @author Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at apache dot org)
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Pete Gieser
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @since 2.0
 * @version $Id: BitField.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
 */
public class BitField {
    
    private final int _mask;
    private final int _shift_count;

    /**
     * Creates a BitField instance.
     *
     * @param mask the mask specifying which bits apply to this
     *  BitField. Bits that are set in this mask are the bits
     *  that this BitField operates on
     */
    public BitField(int mask) {
        _mask = mask;
        int count = 0;
        int bit_pattern = mask;

        if (bit_pattern != 0) {
            while ((bit_pattern & 1) == 0) {
                count++;
                bit_pattern >>= 1;
            }
        }
        _shift_count = count;
    }

    /**
     * Obtains the value for the specified BitField, appropriately
     * shifted right.
     *
     * Many users of a BitField will want to treat the specified
     * bits as an int value, and will not want to be aware that the
     * value is stored as a BitField (and so shifted left so many
     * bits).
     *
     * @see #setValue(int,int)
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're interested
     *  in
     * @return the selected bits, shifted right appropriately
     */
    public int getValue(int holder) {
        return getRawValue(holder) >> _shift_count;
    }

    /**
     * Obtains the value for the specified BitField, appropriately
     * shifted right, as a short.
     *
     * Many users of a BitField will want to treat the specified
     * bits as an int value, and will not want to be aware that the
     * value is stored as a BitField (and so shifted left so many
     * bits).
     *
     * @see #setShortValue(short,short)
     * @param holder the short data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the selected bits, shifted right appropriately
     */
    public short getShortValue(short holder) {
        return (short) getValue(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Obtains the value for the specified BitField, unshifted.
     *
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the selected bits
     */
    public int getRawValue(int holder) {
        return holder & _mask;
    }

    /**
     * Obtains the value for the specified BitField, unshifted.
     *
     * @param holder the short data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the selected bits
     */
    public short getShortRawValue(short holder) {
        return (short) getRawValue(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether the field is set or not.
     *
     * This is most commonly used for a single-bit field, which is
     * often used to represent a boolean value; the results of using
     * it for a multi-bit field is to determine whether *any* of its
     * bits are set.
     *
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're interested
     *  in
     * @return <code>true</code> if any of the bits are set,
     *  else <code>false</code>
     */
    public boolean isSet(int holder) {
        return (holder & _mask) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether all of the bits are set or not.
     *
     * This is a stricter test than {@link #isSet(int)},
     * in that all of the bits in a multi-bit set must be set
     * for this method to return <code>true</code>.
     *
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return <code>true</code> if all of the bits are set,
     *  else <code>false</code>
     */
    public boolean isAllSet(int holder) {
        return (holder & _mask) == _mask;
    }

    /**
     * Replaces the bits with new values.
     *
     * @see #getValue(int)
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @param value the new value for the specified bits
     * @return the value of holder with the bits from the value
     *  parameter replacing the old bits
     */
    public int setValue(int holder, int value) {
        return (holder & ~_mask) | ((value << _shift_count) & _mask);
    }

    /**
     * Replaces the bits with new values.
     *
     * @see #getShortValue(short)
     * @param holder the short data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @param value the new value for the specified bits
     * @return the value of holder with the bits from the value
     *  parameter replacing the old bits
     */
    public short setShortValue(short holder, short value) {
        return (short) setValue(holder, value);
    }

    /**
     * Clears the bits.
     *
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits cleared
     *  (set to <code>0</code>)
     */
    public int clear(int holder) {
        return holder & ~_mask;
    }

    /**
     * Clears the bits.
     *
     * @param holder the short data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits cleared
     *  (set to <code>0</code>)
     */
    public short clearShort(short holder) {
        return (short) clear(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Clears the bits.
     *
     * @param holder the byte data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     *
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits cleared
     *  (set to <code>0</code>)
     */
    public byte clearByte(byte holder) {
        return (byte) clear(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the bits.
     *
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits set
     *  to <code>1</code>
     */
    public int set(int holder) {
        return holder | _mask;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the bits.
     *
     * @param holder the short data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits set
     *  to <code>1</code>
     */
    public short setShort(short holder) {
        return (short) set(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the bits.
     *
     * @param holder the byte data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     *
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits set
     *  to <code>1</code>
     */
    public byte setByte(byte holder) {
        return (byte) set(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Sets a boolean BitField.
     *
     * @param holder the int data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @param flag indicating whether to set or clear the bits
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits set or
     *         cleared
     */
    public int setBoolean(int holder, boolean flag) {
        return flag ? set(holder) : clear(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Sets a boolean BitField.
     *
     * @param holder the short data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @param flag indicating whether to set or clear the bits
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits set or
     *  cleared
     */
    public short setShortBoolean(short holder, boolean flag) {
        return flag ? setShort(holder) : clearShort(holder);
    }

    /**
     * Sets a boolean BitField.
     *
     * @param holder the byte data containing the bits we're
     *  interested in
     * @param flag indicating whether to set or clear the bits
     * @return the value of holder with the specified bits set or
     *  cleared
     */
    public byte setByteBoolean(byte holder, boolean flag) {
        return flag ? setByte(holder) : clearByte(holder);
    }

}








3.5.Bitwise Operators
3.5.1.The Bitwise Operators can be applied to the integer types, long, int, short, char, and byte.
3.5.2.The Bitwise Logical Operators
3.5.3.Bitwise AND (&)
3.5.4.Bitwise OR (|)
3.5.5.Bitwise XOR (^)
3.5.6.Left shift (<<)
3.5.7.Bitwise complement (~): inverts ones and zeros in a number
3.5.8.Demonstrate the bitwise logical operators
3.5.9.All bitwise operators in action
3.5.10.Bitwise Operator Assignments
3.5.11.The Left Shift
3.5.12.Left shifting as a quick way to multiply by 2
3.5.13.The Right Shift
3.5.14.The Unsigned Right Shift
3.5.15.Signed shift to the right
3.5.16.Unsigned shifting a byte value.
3.5.17.Convert a number to negative and back
3.5.18.Performing Bitwise Operations on a Bit Vector
3.5.19.Converting Between a BitSet and a Byte Array
3.5.20.Returns a byte array of at least length 1
3.5.21.Use bitwise operator to create hash code
3.5.22.Operations on bit-mapped fields.
3.5.23.Represents a collection of 64 boolean (on/off) flags.