Java tutorial
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { short b = 32767; FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("test.txt"); ObjectOutputStream oout = new ObjectOutputStream(out); // write something in the file oout.writeShort(b); oout.flush(); oout.close(); // create an ObjectInputStream for the file we created before ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("test.txt")); // read and print the short System.out.println(ois.readUnsignedShort()); ois.close(); } }