Boolean array to Int bridge

package com.zybnet.utils;

/**
 * Store a boolean[] in an int
 * Max length for input array is 24, since 8 bit are used to store
 * the length of the source array
 *
 * @author Raffaele
 */
public class BoolArrayToInt {
    /*
     * 0x000000ff is used to store the source length
     * 0xff000000 is array[0..7]
     * 0x00ff0000 is array[8..15]
     * 0x0000ff00 is array[16..23]
     */
    public static int toInt(boolean[] array) {
        int encoded = 0;
        if (array.length > 24)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Source length can't exceed 24: " + array.length + " given");
        int bit = 0x80000000;
        for (boolean b : array) {
            if (b)
                encoded |= bit;
            bit = bit >>> 1;
        }
        encoded |= array.length;
        return encoded;
    }

    public static boolean[] toBoolean(int transport) {
        int length = 0xff & transport;
        boolean[] array = new boolean[length];
        int bit = 0x80000000;
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            boolean b = bit == (bit & transport);
            array[i] = b;
            bit = bit >>> 1;
        }
        return array;
    }
}