Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { public static float byte4ToFloat_big(byte[] b, int index) { int l; l = b[index + 0]; l &= 0xff; l |= ((long) b[index + 1] << 8); l &= 0xffff; l |= ((long) b[index + 2] << 16); l &= 0xffffff; l |= ((long) b[index + 3] << 24); return Float.intBitsToFloat(l); } }