Java Utililty Methods Byte Array to Short

if (aBuffer.length - aPos < LEN_OF_SHORT) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Byte array should contain at least 2 bytes");
short l = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < LEN_OF_SHORT; i++) {
    l += (unsignedByteToLong(aBuffer[aPos + 1 - i]) << (8 * i));
return l;
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short value = (short) (data[1] & 0xff);
value <<= 8;
value |= data[0] & 0xff;
return value;

return (short) ((highByte << 8) | (lowByte & 0xFF));

return (bytes[off] << 8) + (bytes[off + 1] & 255);

return ((vals[from + 1] & 0xFF) << 8) + (vals[from] & 0xFF);

int len = byteBuffer.length / 2;
short[] output = new short[len];
int j = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    output[i] = (short) (byteBuffer[j++] << 8);
    output[i] |= (byteBuffer[j++] & 0xff);
return output;
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short[] shortData = new short[byteData.length];
for (int i = 0; i < byteData.length; i++) {
    shortData[i] = (short) byteData[i];
return shortData;

if (bigEndian)
    bytesToShortsBE(src, srcPos, dest, destPos, length);
else
    bytesToShortsLE(src, srcPos, dest, destPos, length);

short s = 0;
short s0 = (short) (b[0] & 0xff);
short s1 = (short) (b[1] & 0xff);
s1 <<= 8;
s = (short) (s0 | s1);
return s;

short[] data = new short[byteData.length / 2];
int size = data.length;
byte lb, hb;
if (writeLittleEndian) {
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        lb = byteData[i * 2];
        hb = byteData[i * 2 + 1];
        data[i] = (short) (((short) hb << 8) | lb & 0xff);
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