Here you can find the source of encodeCompactBits(BigInteger value)
public static long encodeCompactBits(BigInteger value)
//package com.java2s; /*//ww w.j av a2 s . c o m * Copyright 2011 Google Inc. * Copyright 2014 Andreas Schildbach * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.math.BigInteger; public class Main { /** * @see Utils#decodeCompactBits(long) */ public static long encodeCompactBits(BigInteger value) { long result; int size = value.toByteArray().length; if (size <= 3) result = value.longValue() << 8 * (3 - size); else result = value.shiftRight(8 * (size - 3)).longValue(); // The 0x00800000 bit denotes the sign. // Thus, if it is already set, divide the mantissa by 256 and increase the exponent. if ((result & 0x00800000L) != 0) { result >>= 8; size++; } result |= size << 24; result |= value.signum() == -1 ? 0x00800000 : 0; return result; } }