Here you can find the source of toShort(final byte[] buffer, final int offset, final int length)
public static final short toShort(final byte[] buffer, final int offset, final int length)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w. jav a 2 s . c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 short toShort(final byte[] buffer, final int offset, final int length) { short ret = 0; final int done = offset + length; for (int i = offset; i < done; i++) { ret = (short) (((ret << 8) & 0xffff) + (buffer[i] & 0xff)); } return ret; } }