Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: creating byte[] with subfields Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:35:39 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 12 Message-ID: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: K2Qzzs3EAqXk5RLzfhxcSw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21512 I often have to construct byte arrays with binary fields, or read them. I use a ByteArrayOutputStream and a DataOutputStream to compose them. I wondered if there is a simpler way, one that does not require computing each byte individually with shifts. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law