short « byte « Java Data Type Q&A

1. Anyone using short and byte primitive types, in real apps?    stackoverflow.com

I have been programming in Java since 2004, mostly enterprise and web applications. But I have never used short or byte, other than a toy program just to know how these ...

2. 2 bytes to short java    stackoverflow.com

Hi i'm reading 133 length packet from serialport,last 2 bytes contain CRC values,2 bytes value i've make single(short i think) using java. this what i have done,

short high=(-48 & 0x00ff);
short low=80;

short c=(short) ((high<<8)+low);

3. In Java does anyone use short or byte?    stackoverflow.com

Apart from using (byte[]) in streaming I don't really see byte and short used much. On the other hand I have seen long used where the actual value is |100| and ...

4. Porting Java to AS3    stackoverflow.com

I'm working on porting a Java class to AS3. Most of the guts of the class involve bit level programming. I've come across this code written in Java:

int pixels[] = ...

5. Putting a short into 2 bytes of string    stackoverflow.com

So I'm making my own networking protocol for a online game, to save space each message (sent over TCP) is given a ID which is a short, 2 bytes, all messages ...

6. adding short and byte    coderanch.com

Why does JVM convert addition of short and byte whose outcome is within range of short to an int ? public class test3 { public static void main(String args[]) { byte b = 10; short s = 20; short i = (short) (b + s); System.out.println(i); } } why not the following code which gives compilation error public class test3 { ...

7. short and byte    coderanch.com

8. 2 bytes converted a Short    coderanch.com

9. How are byte and short types stored internally?    coderanch.com

Hello!: I've a doubt regarding these primitive types. I've always treated both of them as real types. The tutorials from Sun/Oracle indeed explicitly indicate their bit length: 8 and 16 bit respectively. However, there are several signs which have made me think that they're treated internally as pure integers, and that byte/short differentiation is just to limit their values. For example ...

10. 2 Bytes to single Short    forums.oracle.com

11. How to cram two bytes into a short?    forums.oracle.com

I've been working with 8-bit data (this is 12-bits, NOT packed), Obviously that is contradictory. I currently have this method to convert a byte[] of 8-bit data into a short (I do this because Java does not support signed types and I need that 8th bit): Yes it does. The fact that it displays a byte as and integer and the ...