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Java$readByte: Reads a Java formatted byte (8 bits) from a connection

Description

Reads one or several Java formatted byte's (8 bits) from a connection. All data types in Java are signed, i.e. a byte can hold a value in the range [-128,127].

Usage

## Static method (use this):
## Java$readByte(con, n=1, ...)

## Don't use the below: # S3 method for Java readByte(static, con, n=1, ...)

Value

Returns an integer

vector.

Arguments

con

Binary connection to be read from.

n

Number of byte's to be read.

...

Not used.

Author

Henrik Bengtsson

Details

This method is included for consistency reasons only.

See Also

readBin(). For more information see Java.