* {@code int} value in little-endian order.
   *
   * @throws IllegalStateException if {@code bits() < 32}
   */
  public abstract int asInt();

  /**
   * Returns the first eight bytes of {@linkplain #asBytes() this hashcode's bytes}, converted to a
   * {@code long} value in little-endian order.
   *
   * @throws IllegalStateException if {@code bits() < 64}
   */

    rng.nextBytes(bytes);
    ByteBuffer littleEndian = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    ByteBuffer bigEndian = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN);
    assertEquals(hashFunction.hashBytes(littleEndian), hashFunction.hashBytes(bigEndian));
    assertEquals(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN, littleEndian.order());
    assertEquals(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN, bigEndian.order());
  }

    rng.nextBytes(bytes);
    ByteBuffer littleEndian = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    ByteBuffer bigEndian = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN);
    assertEquals(hashFunction.hashBytes(littleEndian), hashFunction.hashBytes(bigEndian));
    assertEquals(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN, littleEndian.order());
    assertEquals(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN, bigEndian.order());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a hash function implementing the <a
   * href="https://github.com/aappleby/smhasher/blob/master/src/MurmurHash3.cpp">32-bit murmur3
   * algorithm, x86 variant</a> (little-endian variant), using the given seed value, <b>with a known
   * bug</b> as described in the deprecation text.
   *
   * <p>The C++ equivalent is the MurmurHash3_x86_32 function (Murmur3A), which however does not

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> No guarantees are made regarding stability of the representation between
   * versions.
   */
  public byte[] toByteArray() {
    ByteBuffer buff = ByteBuffer.allocate(BYTES).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    writeTo(buff);
    return buff.array();
  }

  /**
   * Writes to the given {@link ByteBuffer} a byte representation of this instance.
   *

   * {@code int} value, interpreted in little-endian byte order. The implementation <i>might</i>
   * perform better than its longhand equivalent, but should not perform worse.
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */
  HashCode hashInt(int input);

  /**
   * Shortcut for {@code newHasher().putLong(input).hash()}; returns the hash code for the given
   * {@code long} value, interpreted in little-endian byte order. The implementation <i>might</i>

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> No guarantees are made regarding stability of the representation between
   * versions.
   */
  public byte[] toByteArray() {
    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(BYTES).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    xStats.writeTo(buffer);
    yStats.writeTo(buffer);
    buffer.putDouble(sumOfProductsOfDeltas);
    return buffer.array();
  }

  /**

    byte[] buffer = MANY_VALUES_PAIRED_STATS.toByteArray();
    byte[] tooLongByteArray =
        ByteBuffer.allocate(buffer.length + 2)
            .order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)
            .put(buffer)
            .putChar('.')
            .array();
    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> PairedStats.fromByteArray(tooLongByteArray));
  }

    byte[] buffer = MANY_VALUES_PAIRED_STATS.toByteArray();
    byte[] tooLongByteArray =
        ByteBuffer.allocate(buffer.length + 2)
            .order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)
            .put(buffer)
            .putChar('.')
            .array();
    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> PairedStats.fromByteArray(tooLongByteArray));
  }

                        RC4 rc4 = new RC4(ntlm2SessionKey);
                        rc4.update(masterKey, 0, 16, exchangedKey, 0);
/* RC4 was not added to Java until 1.5u7 so let's use our own for a little while longer ...
                        try {
                            Cipher rc4 = Cipher.getInstance("RC4");
                            rc4.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, new SecretKeySpec(ntlm2SessionKey, "RC4"));