title: how to read bytes bigger than 127 in java?
body: <p>alright, so my code to read bytes into a int is like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int offset = (byte &lt;&lt; 16) | (byte2  &lt;&lt; 8) | byte3;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And it's reading the bytes "00 00 be" as -66. </p>
  
  <p>How do I read it as the 190 it's meant to be?</p>