public static ByteArrayDataOutput newDataOutput() {
    return newDataOutput(new ByteArrayOutputStream());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new {@link ByteArrayDataOutput} instance sized to hold {@code size} bytes before
   * resizing.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is negative
   */
  public static ByteArrayDataOutput newDataOutput(int size) {

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // doesn't work
  public static byte[] toByteArray(char value) {
    return new byte[] {(byte) (value >> 8), (byte) value};
  }

  /**

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // doesn't work
  public static byte[] toByteArray(short value) {
    return new byte[] {(byte) (value >> 8), (byte) value};
  }

  /**

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // doesn't work
  public static byte[] toByteArray(short value) {
    return new byte[] {(byte) (value >> 8), (byte) value};
  }

  /**

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // doesn't work
  public static byte[] toByteArray(char value) {
    return new byte[] {(byte) (value >> 8), (byte) value};
  }

  /**

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  public static byte[] toByteArray(int value) {
    return new byte[] {
      (byte) (value >> 24), (byte) (value >> 16), (byte) (value >> 8), (byte) value
    };
  }

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  public static byte[] toByteArray(long value) {
    // Note that this code needs to stay compatible with GWT, which has known
    // bugs when narrowing byte casts of long values occur.

   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */
  public static byte[] toByteArray(long value) {
    // Note that this code needs to stay compatible with GWT, which has known
    // bugs when narrowing byte casts of long values occur.