I've also attached a unit test for it. I am happy to donate this to Jakarta if you want it.
Motivation: I needed to index "reversed" dates, which ment -ve longs (see "Iterating TermEnum backwards" in lucene-user).
=Matt
package org.apache.lucene.document; /* ==================================================================== * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 * * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights * reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the * distribution. * * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, * if any, must include the following acknowledgment: * "This product includes software developed by the * Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)." * Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. * * 4. The names "Apache" and "Apache Software Foundation" and * "Apache Lucene" must not be used to endorse or promote products * derived from this software without prior written permission. For * written permission, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache", * "Apache Lucene", nor may "Apache" appear in their name, without * prior written permission of the Apache Software Foundation. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * ==================================================================== * * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see * <http://www.apache.org/>. */
/** * Provides support for converting longs to Strings, and back again. * The strings are structured so that lexicographic sorting order is preserved. * * <p> * That is, if l1 is less than l2 for any two longs l1 and l2, then * LongField.longToString(l1) is lexicographically less than * LongField.longToString(l2). (Similarly for "greater than" and "equals".) * * <p> * This class handles <b>all</b> long values (unlike [EMAIL PROTECTED] org.apache.lucene.document.DateField}). * * @author Matt Quail (spud at madbean dot com) */ public class LongField { private static final int RADIX = 36; private static final char NEGATIVE_PREFIX = '-'; // NB: NEGATIVE_PREFIX must be < POSITIVE_PREFIX private static final char POSITIVE_PREFIX = '0'; //NB: this must be less than /** * Equivalent to longToString(Long.MIN_VALUE) */ public static final String MIN_STRING_VALUE = NEGATIVE_PREFIX + "0000000000000"; /** * Equivalent to longToString(Long.MAX_VALUE) */ public static final String MAX_STRING_VALUE = POSITIVE_PREFIX + "1y2p0ij32e8e7"; /** * the length of (all) strings returned by [EMAIL PROTECTED] #longToString} */ public static final int STR_SIZE = MIN_STRING_VALUE.length(); /** * Converts a long to a String suitable for indexing. */ public static String longToString(long l) { if (l == Long.MIN_VALUE) { // special case, because long is not symetric around zero return MIN_STRING_VALUE; } StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(STR_SIZE); if (l < 0) { buf.append(NEGATIVE_PREFIX); l = Long.MAX_VALUE + l + 1; } else { buf.append(POSITIVE_PREFIX); } String num = Long.toString(l, RADIX); int padLen = STR_SIZE - num.length() - buf.length(); while (padLen-- > 0) { buf.append('0'); } buf.append(num); return buf.toString(); } /** * Converts a String that was returned by [EMAIL PROTECTED] #longToString} back to * a long. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input is null * @throws NumberFormatException if the input does not parse (it was not a String * returned by longToString()). */ public static long stringToLong(String str) { if (str == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("string cannot be null"); } if (str.length() != STR_SIZE) { throw new NumberFormatException("string is the wrong size"); } if (str.equals(MIN_STRING_VALUE)) { return Long.MIN_VALUE; } char prefix = str.charAt(0); long l = Long.parseLong(str.substring(1), RADIX); if (prefix == POSITIVE_PREFIX) { // nop } else if (prefix == NEGATIVE_PREFIX) { l = l - Long.MAX_VALUE - 1; } else { throw new NumberFormatException("string does not begin with the correct prefix"); } return l; } }
package org.apache.lucene.document; /* ==================================================================== * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 * * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights * reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the * distribution. * * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, * if any, must include the following acknowledgment: * "This product includes software developed by the * Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)." * Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. * * 4. The names "Apache" and "Apache Software Foundation" and * "Apache Lucene" must not be used to endorse or promote products * derived from this software without prior written permission. For * written permission, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache", * "Apache Lucene", nor may "Apache" appear in their name, without * prior written permission of the Apache Software Foundation. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * ==================================================================== * * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see * <http://www.apache.org/>. */ import junit.framework.TestCase; /** * @author Matt Quail (spud at madbean dot com) */ public class LongFieldTest extends TestCase { public void testNearZero() { for (int i = -100; i <= 100; i++) { for (int j = -100; j <= 100; j++) { subtestTwoLongs(i, j); } } } public void testMax() { // make sure the constants convert to their equivelents assertEquals(Long.MAX_VALUE, LongField.stringToLong(LongField.MAX_STRING_VALUE)); assertEquals(LongField.MAX_STRING_VALUE, LongField.longToString(Long.MAX_VALUE)); // test near MAX, too for (long l = Long.MAX_VALUE; l > Long.MAX_VALUE - 10000; l--) { subtestTwoLongs(l, l - 1); } } public void testMin() { // make sure the constants convert to their equivelents assertEquals(Long.MIN_VALUE, LongField.stringToLong(LongField.MIN_STRING_VALUE)); assertEquals(LongField.MIN_STRING_VALUE, LongField.longToString(Long.MIN_VALUE)); // test near MIN, too for (long l = Long.MIN_VALUE; l < Long.MIN_VALUE + 10000; l++) { subtestTwoLongs(l, l + 1); } } private static void subtestTwoLongs(long i, long j) { // convert to strings String a = LongField.longToString(i); String b = LongField.longToString(j); // are they the right length? assertEquals(LongField.STR_SIZE, a.length()); assertEquals(LongField.STR_SIZE, b.length()); // are they the right order? if (i < j) { assertTrue(a.compareTo(b) < 0); } else if (i > j) { assertTrue(a.compareTo(b) > 0); } else { assertEquals(a, b); } // can we convert them back to longs? long i2 = LongField.stringToLong(a); long j2 = LongField.stringToLong(b); assertEquals(i, i2); assertEquals(j, j2); } }
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