*/
  @Override
  public void writeShort(int v) throws IOException {
    out.write(0xFF & v);
    out.write(0xFF & (v >> 8));
  }

  @Override
  public void writeUTF(String str) throws IOException {
    ((DataOutputStream) out).writeUTF(str);
  }

  // Overriding close() because FilterOutputStream's close() method pre-JDK8 has bad behavior:

    out.writeByte((byte) 200);
    out.writeChar('a');
    out.writeShort((short) -30000);
    out.writeShort((short) 50000);
    out.writeInt(0xCAFEBABE);
    out.writeLong(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL);
    out.writeUTF("Herby Derby");
    out.writeFloat(Float.intBitsToFloat(0xCAFEBABE));
    out.writeDouble(Double.longBitsToDouble(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL));

    byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();

    /* Setup input streams */

    out.writeByte((byte) 200);
    out.writeChar('a');
    out.writeShort((short) -30000);
    out.writeShort((short) 50000);
    out.writeInt(0xCAFEBABE);
    out.writeLong(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL);
    out.writeUTF("Herby Derby");
    out.writeFloat(Float.intBitsToFloat(0xCAFEBABE));
    out.writeDouble(Double.longBitsToDouble(0xDEADBEEFCAFEBABEL));

    byte[] data = baos.toByteArray();

    /* Setup input streams */

      try {
        output.writeShort(v);
      } catch (IOException impossible) {
        throw new AssertionError(impossible);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void writeUTF(String s) {
      try {
        output.writeUTF(s);
      } catch (IOException impossible) {
        throw new AssertionError(impossible);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public byte[] toByteArray() {