如何在Java中将字节重新解释为整数？

Question

I have a problem with conversions of different types. In my code I am trying to use bytes and then convert them to an integer to be able to write x amount of bits from the integer to a storage of a kind.

The problem is that when I have a negative number as byte and I convert it to an integer, the bit representation as an integer has all the leading bits set as 1. So when I try to save for example 10 bits from the integer, I get the leading bits as 1 instead of 0 as I expected.

Is there a way to reinterpret the byte as an integer while keeping the bit representation the same? I do not need to care about the actual numerical value of the integer.

From C++ I am used to having unsigned values which would prevent this issue, but now I am at loss with how to deal with this in java being limited to signed integers.

Example:

/*
    decimal: -28
    as byte: 11100100
    as integer: 11111111111111111111111111100100
    needed/expected integer: 00000000000000000000000011100100
*/
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;

class MyClass
{
    public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
    {
        System.out.println(Integer.toBinaryString((byte)-28));
    }
}

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Answer 1

yourInt = yourByte & 255;

只需掩盖不需要的位。