BAEL - 2420 Converting Float to Byte Array and vice-versa in Java (#6194)

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* BAEL-2420 Converting Float to Byte Array and vice-versa in Java

* BAEL-2420 Converting Float to Byte Array and vice-versa in Java - conversions package added

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core-java-arrays/src/main/java/com/baeldung/array/conversions/FloatToByteArray.java

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+package com.baeldung.array.conversions;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class FloatToByteArray {
+    
+    /**
+     * convert float into byte array using Float API floatToIntBits 
+     * @param value
+     * @return byte[]
+     */
+    public static byte[] floatToByteArray(float value) {
+        int intBits =  Float.floatToIntBits(value);
+        return new byte[] {(byte) (intBits >> 24), (byte) (intBits >> 16), (byte) (intBits >> 8), (byte) (intBits) };
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * convert byte array into float using Float API intBitsToFloat
+     * @param bytes
+     * @return float
+     */
+    public static float byteArrayToFloat(byte[] bytes) {
+        int intBits =  bytes[0] << 24 | (bytes[1] & 0xFF) << 16 | (bytes[2] & 0xFF) << 8 | (bytes[3] & 0xFF);
+        return Float.intBitsToFloat(intBits);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * convert float into byte array using ByteBuffer
+     * @param value
+     * @return byte[]
+     */
+    public static byte[] floatToByteArrayWithByteBuffer(float value) {
+        return ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putFloat(value).array();
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * convert byte array into float using ByteBuffer
+     * @param bytes
+     * @return float
+     */
+    public static float byteArrayToFloatWithByteBuffer(byte[] bytes) {
+        return ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).getFloat();
+    }
+}

core-java-arrays/src/test/java/com/baeldung/array/conversions/FloatToByteArrayUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.array.conversions;
+
+import static com.baeldung.array.conversions.FloatToByteArray.byteArrayToFloat;
+import static com.baeldung.array.conversions.FloatToByteArray.byteArrayToFloatWithByteBuffer;
+import static com.baeldung.array.conversions.FloatToByteArray.floatToByteArray;
+import static com.baeldung.array.conversions.FloatToByteArray.floatToByteArrayWithByteBuffer;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class FloatToByteArrayUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAFloat_thenConvertToByteArray() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { 63, -116, -52, -51}, floatToByteArray(1.1f));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAByteArray_thenConvertToFloat() {
+        assertEquals(1.1f, byteArrayToFloat(new byte[] { 63, -116, -52, -51}), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAFloat_thenConvertToByteArrayUsingByteBuffer() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { 63, -116, -52, -51}, floatToByteArrayWithByteBuffer(1.1f));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAByteArray_thenConvertToFloatUsingByteBuffer() {
+        assertEquals(1.1f, byteArrayToFloatWithByteBuffer(new byte[] { 63, -116, -52, -51}), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAFloat_thenConvertToByteArray_thenConvertToFloat() {
+        float floatToConvert = 200.12f;
+        byte[] byteArray = floatToByteArray(floatToConvert);
+        assertEquals(200.12f, byteArrayToFloat(byteArray), 0);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenAFloat_thenConvertToByteArrayWithByteBuffer_thenConvertToFloatWithByteBuffer() {
+        float floatToConvert = 30100.42f;
+        byte[] byteArray = floatToByteArrayWithByteBuffer(floatToConvert);
+        assertEquals(30100.42f, byteArrayToFloatWithByteBuffer(byteArray), 0);
+    }
+}