Here you can find the source of readInt16(DataInput di)
public static int readInt16(DataInput di) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*/* w ww.j av a 2s .c o m*/ * Entagged Audio Tag library * Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Rapha?l Slinckx <raphael@slinckx.net> * * 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 (at your option) 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import java.io.*; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; public class Main { /** Read a 16-bit big-endian signed integer */ public static int readInt16(DataInput di) throws IOException { final byte[] buf = { 0x00, 0x00 }; di.readFully(buf, 0, 2); final int i = ByteBuffer.wrap(buf).getShort(); return i; } }