Here you can find the source of toBytes(short value)
public static final byte[] toBytes(short value)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a va 2 s. c om * Copyright 2013 Lyor Goldstein * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static final byte[] toBytes(short value) { byte[] buf = new byte[2]; toBytes(value, buf); return buf; } public static final int toBytes(short value, byte[] buf) { return toBytes(value, buf, 0, buf.length); } public static final int toBytes(short value, byte[] buf, int offset, int availableLen) { if (availableLen < 2) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Insufficient available length: " + availableLen); } for (int index = 0, mask = value, pos = offset; index < 2; index++, pos++, mask <<= Byte.SIZE) { buf[pos] = (byte) ((mask >> 8) & 0xFF); } return 2; } public static final byte[] toBytes(int value) { byte[] buf = new byte[4]; toBytes(value, buf); return buf; } public static final int toBytes(int value, byte[] buf) { return toBytes(value, buf, 0, buf.length); } public static final int toBytes(int value, byte[] buf, int offset, int availableLen) { if (availableLen < 4) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Insufficient available length: " + availableLen); } for (int index = 0, mask = value, pos = offset; index < 4; index++, pos++, mask <<= Byte.SIZE) { buf[pos] = (byte) ((mask >> 24) & 0xFF); } return 4; } public static final byte[] toBytes(long value) { byte[] buf = new byte[8]; toBytes(value, buf); return buf; } public static final int toBytes(long value, byte[] buf) { return toBytes(value, buf, 0, buf.length); } public static final int toBytes(long value, byte[] buf, int offset, int availableLen) { if (availableLen < 8) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Insufficient available length: " + availableLen); } long mask = value; for (int index = 0, pos = offset; index < 8; index++, pos++, mask <<= Byte.SIZE) { buf[pos] = (byte) ((mask >> 56) & 0xFF); } return 8; } }