Here you can find the source of readShort(RandomAccessFile is)
final public static short readShort(RandomAccessFile is) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//ww w . j a va2 s .co m * SenUtils.java - utilities for Sen. * * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Takashi Okamoto <tora@debian.org> * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more * details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * */ import java.io.IOException; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; public class Main { final public static short readShort(RandomAccessFile is) throws IOException { int i1 = is.read(); int i2 = is.read(); return (short) ((i1 << 8) + i2); } }