public class Test
{

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    Long[] arr = new Long[100000];
    for(int i =0;i<100000;i++)
    {
      arr[i] = (long) i;
    }

    System.out.println(binarySearch(arr, 3L));
    
    Comparable midVal = (Comparable) 2L;;
    System.out.println(midVal.compareTo(2l));
  }

  private static int binarySearch(Long[] arr, long l)
  {
    return binarySearch0(arr,0,arr.length,l);
  }

  private static int binarySearch0(Object[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, Object key)
  {
    int low = fromIndex;
    int high = toIndex - 1;

    while (low <= high)
    {
      int mid = (low + high) >>> 1;
      Comparable midVal = (Comparable) a[mid];
      int cmp = midVal.compareTo(key);

      if (cmp < 0)
        low = mid + 1;
      else if (cmp > 0)
        high = mid - 1;
      else
        return mid; // key found
    }
    return -(low + 1); // key not found.
  }

}