Java Unsigned Number Create unsignedShort(byte b)

Description

Get the specified byte's value as an unsigned short.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
b	the byte to convert.

Return

An unsigned short representing the specified byte.

Declaration

public static short unsignedShort(byte b) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w  w  w .j  a v  a 2s  .c  om
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Jesse Caulfield 
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the specified byte's value as an unsigned short.
     * <p>
     * This converts the specified byte into a short. The least significant byte
     * (8 bits) of the short will be identical to the byte (8 bits) provided, and
     * the most significant byte (8 bits) of the short will be zero.
     * <p>
     * For many of the values in this USB API, unsigned bytes are used. However,
     * since Java does not include unsigned bytes in the language, those unsigned
     * bytes must be converted to a larger storage type before being used in
     * unsigned calculations.
     *
     * @param b the byte to convert.
     * @return An unsigned short representing the specified byte.
     */
    public static short unsignedShort(byte b) {
        return (short) (0x00ff & b);
    }
}

Related

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2. unsignedLongToString(long x)
3. unsignedMediumToBytes(final Long unsignedInt)
4. unsignedNumericToByteArray(long src, int length)
5. unsignedOneSidedGallopingIntersect2by2(final short[] smallSet, final int smallLength, final short[] largeSet, final int largeLength, final short[] buffer)
6. unsignedShort(short s)
7. unsignedShort2Arr(int var, byte[] arrayBytes, int startIndex)
8. unsignedShortAt(byte[] data, int pos)
9. unsignedShortBytesToInt(byte[] b)