nextPowerOfTwo method
Returns a number which:
- is a power of 2, and 2) is >= n
Implementation
static int nextPowerOfTwo(int n) {
n--;
n |= n >> 1; // Divide by 2^k for consecutive doublings of k up to 32,
n |= n >> 2; // and then or the results.
n |= n >> 4;
n |= n >> 8;
n |= n >> 16;
n++; // The result is a number of 1 bits equal to the number
// of bits in the original number, plus 1. That's the
// next highest power of 2.
return n;
}