A long bigger than Long.MAX_VALUE

Question

How can I get a long number bigger than Long.MAX_VALUE?

I want this method to return true:

boolean isBiggerThanMaxLong(long val) {
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Answer 1

You can't. If you have a method called isBiggerThanMaxLong(long) it should always return false.

If you were to increment the bits of Long.MAX_VALUE, the next value should be Long.MIN_VALUE. Read up on twos-complement and that should tell you why.