//
//  GDBytes.java
//  
//
//  Created by Gene Davis on Sat Aug 18 2001.
//  Copyright (c) 2001 Gene Davis. I hereby release this code to the public domain.
//  It is now in every sense of the word Freeware. Future versions can be found
//  at http://www.genedavis.com/library/
//
//  version 1.0


package com.genedavis.util;

public class GDBytes {
    
    /**
     * Turns a signed byte, represented as a byte primative, into an unsigned byte, represented by an int.
     *
     * @param b a primative byte to be converted to an unsigned byte.
     * 
     * @return int representing a signed byte.
     */
    public static int signedByteToUnsignedByte(byte b) {
        return (0xff & b);
    }

    /**
     * Turns an unsigned byte, represented as an int primative, into an signed byte, represented by an byte primative.
     *
     * @param i a primative int to be converted to a signed byte.
     * 
     * @return byte in java is always signed.
     */
    public static byte unsignedByteToSignedByte(int i) {
        return (byte) i;
    }

}