how to convert the byte array into an integer array

Question

I am working on a project in which I am receiving image data as an array of bytes (1-byte per pixel). Each byte represents a greyscale integer (0-255).

In order to

Answer 1

It depends on the use of the resulted int array, but normally, converting a byte array or ByteBuffer into an integer array means "wraping" 4 bytes into 1 integer, e.g. for bitmaps, so in that case I would suggest the following conversion:

IntBuffer ib = ByteBuffer.wrap(input).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN).asIntBuffer();
int[] ret = new int[ib.capacity()];
ib.get(ret);
return ret;

Answer 2

Anything wrong with the simple approach?

public static int[] convertToIntArray(byte[] input)
{
    int[] ret = new int[input.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++)
    {
        ret[i] = input[i] & 0xff; // Range 0 to 255, not -128 to 127
    }
    return ret;
}

EDIT: If you want a range of -128 to 127:

public static int[] convertToIntArray(byte[] input)
{
    int[] ret = new int[input.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++)
    {
        ret[i] = input[i];
    }
    return ret;
}