Convert Double to Binary representation?

Long.toBinaryString(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d)) appears to work just fine.

System.out.println("0:                0b" + Long.toBinaryString(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(0D)));
System.out.println("1:                0b" + Long.toBinaryString(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(1D)));
System.out.println("2:                0b" + Long.toBinaryString(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(2D)));
System.out.println("2^900:            0b" + Long.toBinaryString(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(Math.pow(2, 900))));
System.out.println("Double.MAX_VALUE: 0b" + Long.toBinaryString(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(Double.MAX_VALUE)));

/*
    prints:
    0:                0b0
    1:                0b11111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
    2:                0b100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
    2^900:            0b111100000110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
    Double.MAX_VALUE: 0b111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
*/

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