} 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) {

     *
     * @param src the source byte array
     * @param si the starting index in the source array
     * @return the decoded short value
     */
    public static short dec_uint16be(final byte[] src, final int si) {
        return (short) ((src[si] & 0xFF) << 8 | src[si + 1] & 0xFF);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a 32-bit unsigned integer from big-endian byte order.
     *

        // Create a dummy rpc.unicode_string
        rpc.unicode_string dummyRus = new rpc.unicode_string();
        dummyRus.length = 10;
        dummyRus.maximum_length = 20;
        dummyRus.buffer = new short[] { 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o' };

        // Test with zterm = true
        UnicodeString unicodeStringTrue = new UnicodeString(dummyRus, true);

  //
  // 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.

        return tok.toByteArray();
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("createContext: rejects NetBIOS/short host names")
    void createContext_rejectsShortNetbiosHost() {
        Kerb5Authenticator auth = new Kerb5Authenticator((Subject) null);

        // Using an uppercase short name (no dot) must throw an unsupported operation
        SmbUnsupportedOperationException ex =

            .addValue((byte) 3)
            .add(SHORT_NAME, 'A')
            .add(LONG_NAME, 'B')
            .addValue('C')
            .add(SHORT_NAME, (short) 4)
            .add(LONG_NAME, (short) 5)
            .addValue((short) 6)
            .add(SHORT_NAME, 7)
            .add(LONG_NAME, 8)
            .addValue(9)
            .add(SHORT_NAME, 10L)
            .add(LONG_NAME, 11L)

    }

    /** Array of styles held by {@link DateFormat} */
    protected static final int[] STYLES = new int[] { SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, FULL };

    /**
     * Returns the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style in the default locale.
     *
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style
     */
    public static String getShortPattern() {
        return getShortPattern(LocaleUtil.getDefault());

    }

    /** Array of styles held by {@link DateFormat} */
    protected static final int[] STYLES = new int[] { SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, FULL };

    /**
     * Returns the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style using the default locale.
     *
     * @return the pattern string for {@link DateFormat#SHORT} style
     */
    public static String getShortPattern() {
        return getShortPattern(LocaleUtil.getDefault());

In this case, if you go to:

```
http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo?short=1
```

or

```
http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo?short=True
```

or

```
http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo?short=true
```

or

```
http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo?short=on
```

or

```
http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo?short=yes
```

        return val;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a short integer (2 bytes) in NDR format.
     *
     * @param s the short integer value to encode
     */
    public void enc_ndr_short(final int s) {
        align(2);
        Encdec.enc_uint16le((short) s, buf, index);
        advance(2);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a short integer (2 bytes) from NDR format.
     *