I need to encode bytes into a
ByteArrayOutputStream. The data in each byte must be exactly
eight bits long without truncating the leading zeros. For example, if I want to encode the
integer value 12 (as an unsigned byte) I am doing the
following:
ByteArrayOutputStream out =
new ByteArrayOutputStream();
short num =
12;
out.write(num &
0xFF);
However, if I read the first
element in the ByteArrayOutputStream into a string
variable, the leading zeros are truncated, leaving only
1100.
The communication protocol that we
are using expects a single octet with the leading zeros left in, or else the
framing will be off. How do I
maintain the zero placeholders in each byte and keep them from being
truncated? Or am I missing
something here?
Greg
Lusk