    @Test
    public void testEncodingCorrectness()
    {

        ByteBuffer actual = IntegerCoder.encodeLong(_input, _minBytes);
        assertEquals(String.format("encode %d -> %s, expected %s (minBytes=%d)",
                                   _input,
                                   Text.byteBufferToString(actual),
                                   Text.byteBufferToString(_expected),
                                   _minBytes),
                     _expected, actual);
    }