--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/Short.java	2012-01-17 18:52:30.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/Short.java	2012-01-17 18:52:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -469,6 +469,37 @@
         return (short) (((i & 0xFF00) >> 8) | (i << 8));
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the argument to an {@code int} by an unsigned
+     * conversion.  In an unsigned conversion to an {@code int}, the
+     * high-order 16 bits of the {@code int} are zero and the
+     * low-order 16 bits are equal to the bits of the {@code short} argument.
+     *
+     * @return the argument converted to {@code int} by an unsigned
+     *         conversion
+     * @param  x the value to convert to an unsigned {@code int}
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public static int toUnsignedInt(short x) {
+        return ((int) x) & 0xffff;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the argument to a {@code long} by an unsigned
+     * conversion.  In an unsigned conversion to a {@code long}, the
+     * high-order 48 bits of the {@code long} are zero and the
+     * low-order 16 bits are equal to the bits of the {@code short} argument.
+     *
+     * @return the argument converted to {@code long} by an unsigned
+     *         conversion
+     * @param  x the value to convert to an unsigned {@code long}
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public static long toUnsignedLong(short x) {
+        return ((long) x) & 0xffffL;
+    }
+
     /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1. for interoperability */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7515723908773894738L;
 }