public static void encodeVaxLong(OutputStream stream,long value) throws IOException {
  stream.write(8);
  encodeVaxLongWithoutLength(stream,value);
}

public static void encodeVaxLong ( OutputStream stream , long value ) throws IOException { stream . write ( 8 ) ; encodeVaxLongWithoutLength ( stream , value ) ; }
encodes a long using vax encoding into the output stream , length prefix is included .
