jodd-bean/src/main/java/jodd/typeconverter/Converter.java
public short toShortValue(final Object value, final short defaultValue) {
		final Short result = toShort(value);
		if (result == null) {
			return defaultValue;
		}
		return result.shortValue();
	}
public short toShortValue(final Object value, final short defaultValue) {
		final Short result = toShort(value);
		if (result == null) {
			return defaultValue;
		}
		return result.shortValue();
	}
Converts value to <code>short</code>. Returns default value
when conversion result is <code>null</code>.