This is a convenience method, that returns prefix coded bits of a long without reducing the precision. It can be used to store the full precision value as a stored field in index.

To decode, use {@link #prefixCodedToLong}.

public static string LongToPrefixCoded(
	long val
)

Public Shared Function LongToPrefixCoded ( _
	val As Long _
) As String

public:
static String^ LongToPrefixCoded(
	long long val
)