* value with {@code asBytes()} as the least-significant bytes and {@code 0x00} as the remaining
   * most-significant bytes.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 11.0 as {@code Hashing.padToLong(HashCode)})
   */
  public abstract long padToLong();

  /**
   * Returns the value of this hash code as a byte array. The caller may modify the byte array;

   *
   * <p>To get the {@code long} value equivalent to {@link Checksum#getValue()} for a {@code
   * HashCode} produced by this function, use {@link HashCode#padToLong()}.
   *
   * <p>This function is best understood as a <a
   * href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum">checksum</a> rather than a true <a
   * href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function">hash function</a>.