Short Class Methods in Java

java.lang.Short

The Short class wraps a value of primitive type short in an object. An object of type Short contains a single field whose type is short. In addition, this class provides several methods for converting a short to a String and a String to a short, as well as other constants and methods useful when dealing with a short.

Some of the methods of Short class

byteValue(): This method returns the value of this Short as a byte after a narrowing primitive conversion.

Short.compare(): This method compares two short values numerically.

compareTo():  This method compares two Short objects numerically.

Short.compareUnsigned(): This method compares two short values numerically treating the values as unsigned.

Short.decode(): This method decodes a String into a Short. Accepts decimal, hexadecimal, and octal numbers.

doubleValue(): This method returns the value of this Short as a double after a widening primitive conversion.

equals(): This method compares this object to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Short object that contains the same short value as this object.

floatValue(): This method returns the value of this Short as the float after a widening primitive conversion.

hashCode(): This method returns a hash code for this Short; equal to the result of invoking intValue().

intValue(): This method returns the value of this Short as an int after a widening primitive conversion.

longValue(): This method returns the value of this Short as a long after a widening primitive conversion.

Short.parseShort(): This method parses the string argument as a signed decimal short. 

Short.reverseBytes(): This method returns the value obtained by reversing the order of the bytes in the two's complement representation of the specified short value.

shortValue(): This method returns the value of this Short as a short.

Constants of Short class: This contains constant values, Short.BYTES,  Short.MAX_VALUE, Short.MIN_VALUE, Short.SIZE.

toString(): The value is converted to signed decimal representation and returned as a string.

Short.toUnsignedInt(): This method converts the argument to an int by an unsigned conversion. 

Short.toUnsignedLong(): This method converts the argument to a long by an unsigned conversion. 

Short.valueOf(): This method returns a Short instance representing the specified short value.