Here you can find the source of toInt(String chars)
public static int toInt(String chars)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w . ja va 2s.c om * This file is part of the OWL API. * * The contents of this file are subject to the LGPL License, Version 3.0. * * Copyright (C) 2011, The University of Manchester * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. * * * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 * in which case, the provisions of the Apache License Version 2.0 are applicable instead of those above. * * Copyright 2011, The University of Manchester * * 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. */ public class Main { public static int toInt(char ch0, char ch1, char ch2, char ch3) { return (int) ch0 << 24 | ch1 << 16 | ch2 << 8 | ch3; } public static int toInt(String chars) { if (chars.length() != 4) { throw new RuntimeException("chars should be 4 characters long"); } return toInt(chars.charAt(0), chars.charAt(1), chars.charAt(2), chars.charAt(3)); } }