Java two's complement binary to integer [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use a short? They occupy 16 bits.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html

Answer 2

You need to read the result into short.

short res = (short)Integer.parseInt("1111111111001110", 2);
System.out.println(res);

This prints -50.