one question about type casting

public class test
{
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		System.out.println(Integer.toBinaryString(-129));
		System.out.println(Integer.toBinaryString(128));
		byte a = (byte)128;
		byte b = (byte)(-129);
		System.out.println(a);
		System.out.println(b);
	}
}

11111111111111111111111101111111
10000000
-128
127

 

Im not really clear about the process of this type casting........