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}.

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bits. This is method is used by {@link LongRangeBuilder}.

Expert: Returns prefix coded bits after reducing the precision by

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bits. This is method is used by {@link NumericTokenStream}.