primitive byte --> unsigned byte...best way? -- JAVA400-L

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Java Gurus,

Problem:

I am sending receiving UDP packets and getting a byte array that contains unsigned-bytes back. Java's primitive byte class is signed and I can't change that (right?). What is the easiest way to get the unsigned representation of byte[x] (doesn't have to be stored in a 8 bit number can be short, int or long)? I'm assuming there is something to avoid me having to go back to my university textbooks and remind myself of endian formatting and 2s compliment stuff. Anything in the Core APIs that will help me figure this out?

Thanks kids, Graeme.

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