writeLong(Double.doubleToLongBits(v));
  }

  /**
   * Writes a {@code float} as specified by {@link DataOutputStream#writeFloat(float)}, except using
   * little-endian byte order.
   *
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
   */
  @Override
  public void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException {
    writeInt(Float.floatToIntBits(v));
  }

  /**

    out.writeChar('a');
    out.writeShort((short) -30000);
    out.writeShort((short) 50000);
    out.writeInt(0xCAFEBABE);
    out.writeLong(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL);
    out.writeUTF("Herby Derby");
    out.writeFloat(Float.intBitsToFloat(0xCAFEBABE));
    out.writeDouble(Double.longBitsToDouble(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL));

    byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();

    /* Setup input streams */

    out.writeChar('a');
    out.writeShort((short) -30000);
    out.writeShort((short) 50000);
    out.writeInt(0xCAFEBABE);
    out.writeLong(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL);
    out.writeUTF("Herby Derby");
    out.writeFloat(Float.intBitsToFloat(0xCAFEBABE));
    out.writeDouble(Double.longBitsToDouble(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL));

    byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();

    /* Setup input streams */

      try {
        output.writeDouble(v);
      } catch (IOException impossible) {
        throw new AssertionError(impossible);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void writeFloat(float v) {
      try {
        output.writeFloat(v);
      } catch (IOException impossible) {
        throw new AssertionError(impossible);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void writeInt(int v) {
      try {