* @return the same value cast to {@code short} if it is in the range of the {@code short} type,
   *     {@link Short#MAX_VALUE} if it is too large, or {@link Short#MIN_VALUE} if it is too small
   */
  public static short saturatedCast(long value) {
    if (value > Short.MAX_VALUE) {
      return Short.MAX_VALUE;
    }
    if (value < Short.MIN_VALUE) {
      return Short.MIN_VALUE;
    }
    return (short) value;
  }

public abstract class ShortsMethodsForWeb {

  @JsMethod(name = "Math.min", namespace = JsPackage.GLOBAL)
  public static native short min(short... array);

  @JsMethod(name = "Math.max", namespace = JsPackage.GLOBAL)
  public static native short max(short... array);

      } else if (type == char.class) {
        return (T) Character.valueOf('\0');
      } else if (type == byte.class) {
        return (T) Byte.valueOf((byte) 0);
      } else if (type == short.class) {
        return (T) Short.valueOf((short) 0);
      } else if (type == int.class) {
        return (T) Integer.valueOf(0);
      } else if (type == long.class) {
        return (T) Long.valueOf(0L);
      } else if (type == float.class) {

    assertEquals(Byte.valueOf((byte) 0), ArbitraryInstances.get(Byte.class));
    assertEquals(Short.valueOf((short) 0), ArbitraryInstances.get(short.class));
    assertEquals(Short.valueOf((short) 0), ArbitraryInstances.get(Short.class));
    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(0), ArbitraryInstances.get(int.class));
    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(0), ArbitraryInstances.get(Integer.class));

  //
  // Essentially, then, `table[h]` gives us the start of a linked list in `entries`, where every
  // element of the list has the short hash value h.
  //
  // A wrinkle here is that the value 0 (called UNSET in the code) is used as the equivalent of a
  // null pointer. If `table[h] == 0` that means there are no keys in the map whose short hash is h.

    out.writeBoolean(true);
    out.writeBoolean(false);
    out.writeByte(100);
    out.writeByte(-100);
    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));

   *
   * @param bytes a byte buffer
   * @return this instance
   * @since 23.0
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  PrimitiveSink putBytes(ByteBuffer bytes);

  /** Puts a short into this sink. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  PrimitiveSink putShort(short s);

  /** Puts an int into this sink. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  PrimitiveSink putInt(int i);

  /** Puts a long into this sink. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

  }

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that evaluates to {@code true} if each of its components evaluates to
   * {@code true}. The components are evaluated in order, and evaluation will be "short-circuited"
   * as soon as a false predicate is found. It defensively copies the iterable passed in, so future
   * changes to it won't alter the behavior of this predicate. If {@code components} is empty, the

    assertEquals('\0', Defaults.defaultValue(char.class).charValue());
    assertEquals(0, Defaults.defaultValue(byte.class).byteValue());
    assertEquals(0, Defaults.defaultValue(short.class).shortValue());
    assertEquals(0, Defaults.defaultValue(int.class).intValue());
    assertEquals(0, Defaults.defaultValue(long.class).longValue());
    assertEquals(0.0f, Defaults.defaultValue(float.class).floatValue());

  @Override
  byte readByte();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip a byte
  @Override
  int readUnsignedByte();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  short readShort();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  int readUnsignedShort();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  char readChar();