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/*
 * Copyright 2015 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a
 * copy of the License at:
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 */
package io.netty.util.internal;

/**
 * Math utility methods.
 */
public final class MathUtil {

    private MathUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Fast method of finding the next power of 2 greater than or equal to the supplied value.
     *
     * If the value is {@code <= 0} then 1 will be returned.
     * This method is not suitable for {@link Integer#MIN_VALUE} or numbers greater than 2^30.
     *
     * @param value from which to search for next power of 2
     * @return The next power of 2 or the value itself if it is a power of 2
     */
    public static int findNextPositivePowerOfTwo(final int value) {
        assert value > Integer.MIN_VALUE && value < 0x40000000;
        return 1 << (32 - Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(value - 1));
    }

    /**
     * Determine if the requested {@code index} and {@code length} will fit within {@code capacity}.
     * @param index The starting index.
     * @param length The length which will be utilized (starting from {@code index}).
     * @param capacity The capacity that {@code index + length} is allowed to be within.
     * @return {@code true} if the requested {@code index} and {@code length} will fit within {@code capacity}.
     * {@code false} if this would result in an index out of bounds exception.
     */
    public static boolean isOutOfBounds(int index, int length, int capacity) {
        return (index | length | (index + length) | (capacity - (index + length))) < 0;
    }

    /**
     * Compare to {@code long} values.
     * @param x the first {@code long} to compare.
     * @param y the second {@code long} to compare.
     * @return
     * <ul>
     * <li>0 if {@code x == y}
     * <li>{@code > 0} if {@code x > y}
     * <li>{@code < 0} if {@code x < y}
     * </ul>
     */
    public static int compare(long x, long y) {
        return (x < y) ? -1 : (x > y) ? 1 : 0;
    }
}