Can we make unsigned byte in Java

Question

I am trying to convert a signed byte in unsigned. The problem is the data I am receiving is unsigned and Java does not support unsigned byte, so when it reads the data it tr

Answer 1

I think the other answers have covered memory representation and how you handle these depends on the context of how you plan on using it. I'll add that Java 8 added some support for dealing with unsigned types. In this case, you could use Byte.toUnsignedInt

int unsignedInt = Byte.toUnsignedInt(myByte);