Convert short to byte[] in Java

Question

How can I convert a short (2 bytes) to a byte array in Java, e.g.

short x = 233;
byte[] ret = new byte[2];

...

it should be s

Answer 1

short to byte

short x=17000;    
byte res[]=new byte[2];    
res[i]= (byte)(((short)(x>>7)) & ((short)0x7f) | 0x80 );    
res[i+1]= (byte)((x & ((short)0x7f)));

byte to short

short x=(short)(128*((byte)(res[i] &(byte)0x7f))+res[i+1]);