public static short convertShortFromBytes(byte[] byteArray) {
        return convertShortFromBytes(byteArray, 0);
    }
Read in a short from an InputStream

@param inputStream
           The InputStream used to read the short
@return A short, which is the next 2 bytes converted from the InputStream
@throws IOException
            Thrown if there is a problem reading from the InputStream
jme3-core/src/plugins/java/com/jme3/export/binary/ByteUtils.java