System.out.println( "exception in ObjectOutputStream.getFieldShort(): " + e );
VM.sysWrite( "exception in ObjectOutputStream.getFieldShort(): " + e );
  public static short getFieldShort (Object instance, Class declaringClass, String fieldName)    throws NoSuchFieldError {      short s = 0;      try {        // following may throw NoSuchFieldError;        Field f = declaringClass.getDeclaredField( fieldName );        // call setAccessible here, to get access to private field values        f.setAccessible( true );     // to allow access to private fields        s = f.getShort(instance);      }      catch ( Exception e ) {        System.out.println( "exception in ObjectOutputStream.getFieldShort(): " + e );      }      return s;    }