Java - Convert int to Byte Array of 4 Bytes? [duplicate]

Solution 1:

You can convert yourInt to bytes by using a ByteBuffer like this:

return ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(yourInt).array();

Beware that you might have to think about the byte order when doing so.

Solution 2:

public static  byte[] my_int_to_bb_le(int myInteger){
    return ByteBuffer.allocate(4).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putInt(myInteger).array();
}

public static int my_bb_to_int_le(byte [] byteBarray){
    return ByteBuffer.wrap(byteBarray).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).getInt();
}

public static  byte[] my_int_to_bb_be(int myInteger){
    return ByteBuffer.allocate(4).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).putInt(myInteger).array();
}

public static int my_bb_to_int_be(byte [] byteBarray){
    return ByteBuffer.wrap(byteBarray).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).getInt();
}

Solution 3:

This should work:

public static final byte[] intToByteArray(int value) {
    return new byte[] {
            (byte)(value >>> 24),
            (byte)(value >>> 16),
            (byte)(value >>> 8),
            (byte)value};
}

Code taken from here.

Edit An even simpler solution is given in this thread.