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package com.ericsson.otp.erlang;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Provides a Java representation of Erlang integral types.
 */
public class OtpErlangShort extends OtpErlangLong implements Serializable,
	Cloneable {
    // don't change this!
    static final long serialVersionUID = 7162345156603088099L;

    /**
     * Create an Erlang integer from the given value.
     * 
     * @param s
     *                the short value to use.
     */
    public OtpErlangShort(final short s) {
	super(s);
    }

    /**
     * Create an Erlang integer from a stream containing an integer encoded in
     * Erlang external format.
     * 
     * @param buf
     *                the stream containing the encoded value.
     * 
     * @exception OtpErlangDecodeException
     *                    if the buffer does not contain a valid external
     *                    representation of an Erlang integer.
     * 
     * @exception OtpErlangRangeException
     *                    if the value is too large to be represented as a
     *                    short.
     */
    public OtpErlangShort(final OtpInputStream buf)
	    throws OtpErlangRangeException, OtpErlangDecodeException {
	super(buf);

	final short j = shortValue();
    }

}