Here you can find the source of toShort(String value)
public static short toShort(String value)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w .j a va2 s.c o m * Copyright (c) 2000-2015 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved. * * 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. */ public class Main { public static short toShort(String value) { return toShort(value, (short) 0); } public static short toShort(String value, short defaultValue) { short valueAsShort = defaultValue; try { valueAsShort = Short.parseShort(value); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { // ignore } return valueAsShort; } }