Usefull ByteBuffer methods are not present in ChannelBuffer

[Trustin Lee (이희승)]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Atra <dhchem at mail.ru> wrote:
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> Thomas Bocek wrote:
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>> Hi Atra,
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>> You can use longBitsToDouble(long), doubleToRawLongBits(double value),
>> doubleToLongBits(double value), etc. and use putLong()/getLong()
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>> Cheers,
>>
>> Thomas
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> Hi Thomas,
>
> thanks for the usefull hint. Yes, with float and double this will work. With
> char it is also possible to do some bits operations (just looking at
> ByteBuffer source). But the general idea is to not reinvent the wheel. I'm
> pretty sure everyone who deals with some custom protocol needs those methods
> and its not good to reinvent the wheel.
>
> Btw may be I should create a feature request in JIRA?

That would be great.  Thanks in advance! :)

Cheers

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