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Java 1.5 has Long.numberOfTrailingZeros which might be the preferred one for bitScanForward. Long.numberOfLeadingZeros is suited to replace bitScanReverse xor 63.
Source Samples
Some ports from C-source:
/**
* @author Gerd Isenberg
* @return index 0..63 of LS1B -1023 if passing zero
* @param b a 64-bit word to bitscan
*/
static public int bitScanForwardDbl(long b)
{
double x = (double)(b & - b);
int exp = (int) (Double.doubleToLongBits(x) >>> 52);
return (exp & 2047) - 1023;
}
/**
* @author Matt Taylor
* @return index 0..63
* @param bb a 64-bit word to bitscan, should not be zero
*/
static private final int[] foldedTable = {
63,30, 3,32,59,14,11,33,
60,24,50, 9,55,19,21,34,
61,29, 2,53,51,23,41,18,
56,28, 1,43,46,27, 0,35,
62,31,58, 4, 5,49,54, 6,
15,52,12,40, 7,42,45,16,
25,57,48,13,10,39, 8,44,
20,47,38,22,17,37,36,26,
};
static public int bitScanForwardMatt(long b) {
b ^= (b - 1);
int folded = ((int)b) ^ ((int)(b >>> 32));
return foldedTable[(folded * 0x78291ACF) >>> 26];
}
/**
* @author Charles E. Leiserson
* Harald Prokop
* Keith H. Randall
* "Using de Bruijn Sequences to Index a 1 in a Computer Word"
* @return index 0..63
* @param bb a 64-bit word to bitscan, should not be zero
*/
static private final long deBruijn = 0x03f79d71b4cb0a89L;
static private final int[] magicTable = {
0, 1,48, 2,57,49,28, 3,
61,58,50,42,38,29,17, 4,
62,55,59,36,53,51,43,22,
45,39,33,30,24,18,12, 5,
63,47,56,27,60,41,37,16,
54,35,52,21,44,32,23,11,
46,26,40,15,34,20,31,10,
25,14,19, 9,13, 8, 7, 6,
};
static public int bitScanForwardDeBruijn64 (long b) {
int idx = (int)(((b & -b) * deBruijn) >>> 58);
return magicTable[idx];
}
/**
* @author Gerd Isenberg
* @return index 0..63 of MS1B -1023 if passing zero
* @param bb a 64-bit word to bitscan
*/
static public int bitScanReverse(long bb)
{
double x = (double)(bb & ~(bb >>> 32));
int exp = (int) (Double.doubleToLongBits(x) >> 52);
int sign = (exp >> 11) & 63; // 63 if < 0 else 0
exp = (exp & 2047)-1023;
return exp | sign;
}