Convert long to byte array and add it to another array

There are multiple ways to do it:

• Use a ByteBuffer (best option – concise and easy to read):

  byte[] bytes = ByteBuffer.allocate(Long.SIZE / Byte.SIZE).putLong(someLong).array();
  

• You can also use DataOutputStream (more verbose):

  ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
  DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
  dos.writeLong(someLong);
  dos.close();
  byte[] longBytes = baos.toByteArray();
  

• Finally, you can do this manually (taken from the LongSerializer in Hector’s code) (harder to read):

  byte[] b = new byte[8];
  for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    b[i] = (byte) (l >> (size - i - 1 << 3));
  }
  

Then you can append these bytes to your existing array by a simple loop:

// change this, if you want your long to start from 
// a different position in the array
int start = 0; 
for (int i = 0; i < longBytes.length; i ++) {
   bytes[start + i] = longBytes[i];
}