What is the proper implementation of building a string representation of the contents of a byte array?

Advertisements Appending the string builder with the following method is yielding incorrect results. The bytes in the byte array do not match the ‘1’s and ‘0’s represented within the resulting string. InputStream is = new FileInputStream(bout); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); byte[] a = is.readAllBytes(); for (byte b : a) { for (int i =… Read More What is the proper implementation of building a string representation of the contents of a byte array?

How to convert one byte and 4 bits from another byte to a short using bitwise?

Advertisements Using bitwise, how could we convert these 3 bytes to two shorts in this pattern in the most performant way?: (11111111)(01111110)(10000001) 3 bytes (111111110111)(111010000001) 2 shorts Found a way to combine two bytes into a short, but for a combination of 1 byte and 4 bits tried a variety of ways for hours with… Read More How to convert one byte and 4 bits from another byte to a short using bitwise?