code: public synchronized void putLong(long item)
     {
        if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) SibTr.entry(this, tc, "putLong", Long.valueOf(item));
  
        checkValid();
        getCurrentByteBuffer(4).putLong(item);
  
        if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) SibTr.exit(this, tc, "putLong");
     }
docs: Puts a long into the byte buffer.
  
  @param item