Reading a file into a byte array?

I need to read binary data of arbitrary length into a program,
manipulate the data, and then write the data to the network or to
another file. I know of two objects that might store this data:

byte[] (a byte array)
and
ByteArrayInputStream (which must be initialized with a byte[])

Now, the question is how do I get my data into byte[] in the first
place? I know how to read strings in:

public int ReadingMethod(String pathname) {
try {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new
FileReader(pathname));
String readstring = new String();

while ((readstring = reader.readLine()) != null) {
etc.

But I don't know how to handle arbitrary binary data. Any thoughts on
how I can do this?

Thanks!

.

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