@Override
            short toShort(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {
                short n = 0;
                n = (short) ((n ^ bytes[offset]) & 0xFF);
                n = (short) (n << 8);
                n ^= (short) (bytes[offset + 1] & 0xFF);
                return n;
            }
Returns the Unsafe-using Converter, or falls back to the pure-Java implementation if unable
to do so.
stroom-bytebuffer/src/main/java/stroom/bytebuffer/hbase/Bytes.java