ds.ov2.util
Class Misc_host

java.lang.Object
  ds.ov2.util.Misc_host

public class Misc_host
extends Object

Miscellaneous methods needed only in host driver code.

CPP Preprocessing

This class needs no cpp preprocessing.

Execution Environment:

host

Author:

Hendrik Tews

Version:

$Revision: 1.18 $

Last Commit:

$Date: 2009-05-19 14:59:53 $ by $Author: tews $

Constructor Summary

protected

Misc_host() Static class, object creation disabled.

Method Summary

static byte[]	byte_array_from_long(long l) Convert a long into a big-endian byte array.
static void	gc_sleep(int m) Collect garbage and sleep.
static long	long_from_byte_array(byte[] buf) Convert a big-endian byte array into a long value.
static void	sleep(int m) Sleep for m milliseconds.
static String	to_byte_hex_string(byte[] data) Converts a byte array into a hex string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Misc_host

protected Misc_host()

Static class, object creation disabled.

Method Detail

byte_array_from_long

public static byte[] byte_array_from_long(long l)

Convert a long into a big-endian byte array.

Parameters:

l - long to convert

Returns:

byte array of length 8 containing the bytes of l in big-endian format

long_from_byte_array

public static long long_from_byte_array(byte[] buf)

Convert a big-endian byte array into a long value.

Parameters:

buf - big-endian byte array

Returns:

equivalent long value

Throws:

IlleagalArgumentException - if the length of buf is different from 8

to_byte_hex_string

public static String to_byte_hex_string(byte[] data)

Converts a byte array into a hex string. The string looks like 23EA.4F11...

Parameters:

data - array to convert

Returns:

hex string

sleep

public static void sleep(int m)

Sleep for m milliseconds. Does not throw InterruptedException in contrast to Thread.sleep.

Parameters:

m - milliseconds to sleep

gc_sleep

public static void gc_sleep(int m)

Collect garbage and sleep. Return immediately (without GC) if the argument m is 0.

Parameters:

m - milliseconds to sleep