Color ARGB woes

Here is a simple Helper-Method for converting compact RGB-Values into single RGB-Values and vice versa. Works with alpha values too, for 32 bit color images.

private static int[] getARGB(int rgb) {
	int[] value = new int[4];

	// alpha
	value[0] = (rgb >> 24) & 0xFF;

	// red
	value[1] = (rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;

	// green
	value[2] = (rgb >> 8 ) & 0xFF;

	// blue
	value[3] = (rgb) & 0xFF;

	return value;
}

private static int getARGB(int a, int r, int g, int b) {
	int rgb = ((a & 0xFF) << 24) |
	       	      ((r & 0xFF) << 16) |
		      ((g & 0xFF) << 8 )  |
		      ((b & 0xFF));

	return rgb;
}

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