src/share/classes/java/lang/Short.java

rev 4568 : 7088952: Add "BYTES" constant to primitive wrapper classes
7088913: Add compatible static hashCode(primitive) to primitive wrapper classes
Reviewed-by: smarks

@@ -396,10 +396,22 @@
     public int hashCode() {
         return (int)value;
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns a hash code for a {@code short} value; compatible with
+     * {@code Short.hashCode()}.
+     *  
+     * @since 1.8
+     *
+     * @return a hash code value for a {@code short} value.
+     */
+    public static int hashCode(short value) {
+        return (int)value;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Compares this object to the specified object.  The result is
      * {@code true} if and only if the argument is not
      * {@code null} and is a {@code Short} object that
      * contains the same {@code short} value as this object.
      *

@@ -455,10 +467,18 @@
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public static final int SIZE = 16;
 
     /**
+     * The number of bytes used to represent a {@code short} value in two's
+     * complement binary form.
+     *
+     * @since 1.8
+     */
+    public static final int BYTES = SIZE / Byte.SIZE;
+
+    /**
      * Returns the value obtained by reversing the order of the bytes in the
      * two's complement representation of the specified {@code short} value.
      *
      * @return the value obtained by reversing (or, equivalently, swapping)
      *     the bytes in the specified {@code short} value.