utility to build a long from values in an array of bytes in littleEndian order - Java Internationalization

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utility to build a long from values in an array of bytes in littleEndian order

Demo Code

/**//w  w w  .  j  a va  2 s.c  o m
 * static byte array utilities
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004, Pat Farrell, All rights reserved.
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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        byte[] buf = new byte[] { 34, 35, 36, 37, 37, 37, 67, 68, 69 };
        int offset = 2;
        int len = 2;
        System.out.println(longFromArray(buf, offset, len));
    }

    /** 
     * utility to build a long from values in an array of bytes in littleEndian order
     * @param buf byte array source
     * @param offset offset into array
     * @param len number to read (must be  8 or less
     * @return a long
     */
    public static long longFromArray(byte[] buf, int offset, int len) {
        long val = 0;
        for (int i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            val = val << 8;
            val += 0xff & ((long) buf[offset + i]);
        }
        return val;
    }
}

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