--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/Byte.java 2012-01-20 17:55:53.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/Byte.java 2012-01-20 17:55:53.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -446,6 +446,47 @@
}
/**
+ * Converts the argument to an {@code int} by an unsigned
+ * conversion. In an unsigned conversion to an {@code int}, the
+ * high-order 24 bits of the {@code int} are zero and the
+ * low-order 8 bits are equal to the bits of the {@code byte} argument.
+ *
+ * Consequently, zero and positive {@code byte} values are mapped
+ * to a numerically equal {@code int} value and negative {@code
+ * byte} values are mapped to an {@code int} value equal to the
+ * input plus 28.
+ *
+ * @param x the value to convert to an unsigned {@code int}
+ * @return the argument converted to {@code int} by an unsigned
+ * conversion
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+ public static int toUnsignedInt(byte x) {
+ return ((int) x) & 0xff;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Converts the argument to a {@code long} by an unsigned
+ * conversion. In an unsigned conversion to a {@code long}, the
+ * high-order 56 bits of the {@code long} are zero and the
+ * low-order 8 bits are equal to the bits of the {@code byte} argument.
+ *
+ * Consequently, zero and positive {@code byte} values are mapped
+ * to a numerically equal {@code long} value and negative {@code
+ * byte} values are mapped to a {@code long} value equal to the
+ * input plus 28.
+ *
+ * @param x the value to convert to an unsigned {@code long}
+ * @return the argument converted to {@code long} by an unsigned
+ * conversion
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+ public static long toUnsignedLong(byte x) {
+ return ((long) x) & 0xffL;
+ }
+
+
+ /**
* The number of bits used to represent a {@code byte} value in two's
* complement binary form.
*