json-path/src/main/java/io/restassured/path/json/JsonPath.java
public short getShort(String path) {
        //The type returned from Groovy depends on the input, so we need to handle different numerical types.
        Object value = get(path);
        if (value instanceof Short) {
            return (Short) value;
        } else if (value instanceof Long) {
            return ((Long) value).shortValue();
        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
            return ((Integer) value).shortValue();
        } else {
            return ObjectConverter.convertObjectTo(value, Short.class);
        }
    }
public short getShort(String path) {
        //The type returned from Groovy depends on the input, so we need to handle different numerical types.
        Object value = get(path);
        if (value instanceof Short) {
            return (Short) value;
        } else if (value instanceof Long) {
            return ((Long) value).shortValue();
        } else if (value instanceof Integer) {
            return ((Integer) value).shortValue();
        } else {
            return ObjectConverter.convertObjectTo(value, Short.class);
        }
    }
Get the result of an Object path expression as a short.

@param path The Object path.
@return The object matching the Object path. A {@link java.lang.ClassCastException} will be thrown if the object
cannot be casted to the expected type.