From c31552f60f3fb5e7b82328dbf031e916bcb64e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hns <hannesw@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:30:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added utility method to convert a long number to a byte
 array.

---
 src/helma/util/MD5Encoder.java | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/helma/util/MD5Encoder.java b/src/helma/util/MD5Encoder.java
index 82b43754..df82f7a2 100644
--- a/src/helma/util/MD5Encoder.java
+++ b/src/helma/util/MD5Encoder.java
@@ -37,5 +37,28 @@ public class MD5Encoder {
         return buf.toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     *  Convert a long to a byte array.
+     */
+    public static byte[] toBytes (long n) {
+        byte[] b = new byte[8];
+        b[0] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[1] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[2] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[3] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[4] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[5] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[6] = (byte) (n);
+        n >>>= 8;
+        b[7] = (byte) (n);
+        return b;
+    }
+
 }