copy from Integer.java
public static String toBinaryString(int i) { return toUnsignedString(i, 1); } /** * Convert the integer to an unsigned number. */ private static String toUnsignedString(int i, int shift) { char[] buf = new char[32]; int charPos = 32; int radix = 1 << shift; int mask = radix - 1; do { buf[--charPos] = digits[i & mask]; i >>>= shift; } while (i != 0); return new String(buf, charPos, (32 - charPos)); } /** * All possible chars for representing a number as a String */ final static char[] digits = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' };