Java: Short to Bytes

Here's how to do it:

public static byte[] shortToBytes(short theShort) {    byte[] theBytes = new byte[2];    theBytes[0] = (byte)((theShort >> 8) & 255);    theBytes[1] = (byte)(theShort & 255);    return theBytes; }

The purpose of the "& 255" bitwise operator is to ensure that all bits before the last byte are 0.