I run application using idea and dump heap useing jvisualvm. a byte[] instance looks like 5, 0, -110, 104, 6, 9, 1, 2, -112, -128, -127, 0, 9, -1
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5, 0, -110, 104, 6, 9, 1, 2, -112, -128, -127, 0, 9, -1