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RE byte, integer

Posted by Pierre on June 21, 2001 at 3:32 AM

> public void write(int b)
> throws IOException
> Writes the specified byte to this file output stream. Implements the write method of OutputStream.
>
> But integers are 32 bit !!!
if you look at the doc of OutputStream.write(int b) :

Writes the specified byte to this output stream. The general contract for write is that one byte is written to the output stream. The byte to be written is the eight low-order bits of the argument b. The 24 high-order bits of b are ignored.