/**
* Get a 16 bit signed integer (short) parameter.
*
* @param key the key identifying the parameter
* @param min the minimum allowed value, a {@link java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
* IllegalArgumentException} will be thrown if this constraint is violated
* @param max the maximum allowed value, a {@link java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
* IllegalArgumentException} will be thrown if this constraint is violated
* @param def the default value
* @return the parameter value, a short parsed from the configuration data
*/
public final short getShort(final String key, final short min, final short max, final short def) {
final String k;
final Object v;
final java.lang.Number number;
k = Configuration.__checkKey(key);
synchronized (this.m_data) {
v = this.m_data.get(k);
if (v == null) {
return def;
}
number = new ShortParser(min, max).parse(v);
if (number != v) {
this.m_data.put(key, v);
}
}
return number.shortValue();
}
