Re: Another topic on how to read a binary file.

From:
Mark Space <markspace@sbc.global.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 20 May 2007 13:24:54 -0700
Message-ID:
<s824i.1167$u56.718@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net>
Mark Space wrote:

Does the static method Integer.reverseBytes(int) do the same thing? It
seems like it should, although I didn't check it. DataInputStream seems
like the better choice for this case, just wanted to point out there was
another method...


Answer: yes it does, although my quick test seems to have been bit by a
silent cast conversion. To the language designers: dear sweet Jesus and
God in Heaven, why?

package integertest;
import java.lang.Integer;

public class Main
{
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
         System.out.println( "128 reversed is " +
Integer.reverseBytes(128));
         System.out.println( "-1 reversed is " + Integer.reverseBytes(-1));
         System.out.println( "-129 reversed is " +
Integer.reverseBytes(-129));
         System.out.println( "256 reversed is " +
Integer.reverseBytes(256));
     }
}

ompile:
run:
128 reversed is -2147483648
-1 reversed is -1
-129 reversed is 2147483647
256 reversed is 65536
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

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