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why am I getting NumberFormatException with Byte.parseByte()?

 
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I'm trying to convert a long or int to a byte array. I'm restricted to using Java 1.3. I'm first trying to use Long.toBinaryString(myLong), and then pass 8-character substrings into Byte.parseByte(mySubstring, 2), but I'm getting errors like:

java.lang.NumberFormatException: Value out of range. Value:"11110100" Radix:2

What am I doing wrong? A byte is 8-bit, two's complement right? So shouldn't it be able to handle the above string?
 
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A byte is signed, it can contain values between -128 and +127. "10000000" is probably interpreted as +128, though.
 
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