Ice::Byte question..

Here is what I have in my idl file:

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const byte TypeInput = 1;

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Here is what slice2cpp generates:

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const ::Ice::Byte TypeInput = 1;

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Her is what slice2java generates:

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package example;
// Ice version 1.3.0

public interface TypeInput
{
byte value = 1 - 128 ;
}

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Is it how it is supposed to be?

My client is Java. My server is Cpp. Passing that constant value as a parameter I can't get these constants equal on both ends. Am I doing something foolishly wrong?