public static short toShort(ByteBuffer buffer, int offset) {
        return ConverterHolder.BEST_CONVERTER.toShort(buffer, offset);
    }
Reads a short value at the given buffer's offset.

@param buffer input byte buffer to read
@param offset input offset where short is
@return short value at offset
stroom-bytebuffer/src/main/java/stroom/bytebuffer/hbase/ByteBufferUtils.java