def get_short_string(self):
        """
        Return a shorter formatted String which encodes this method.
        The returned name has the form:
        <classname> <methodname> ([arguments ...])<returntype>

        * All Class names are condensed to the actual name (no package).
        * Access flags are not returned.
        * <init> and <clinit> are NOT replaced by the classname!

        This name might not be unique!

        :return: str
        """
        def _fmt_classname(cls):
            arr = ""
            # Test for arrays
            while cls.startswith("["):
                arr += "["
                cls = cls[1:]

            # is a object type
            if cls.startswith("L"):
                cls = cls[1:-1]
            # only return last element
            if "/" in cls:
                cls = cls.rsplit("/", 1)[1]
            return arr + cls

        clsname = _fmt_classname(self.get_class_name())

        param, ret = self.get_descriptor()[1:].split(")")
        params = map(_fmt_classname, param.split(" "))
        desc = "({}){}".format(" ".join(params), _fmt_classname(ret))

        return "{cls} {meth} {desc}".format(cls=clsname, meth=self.get_name(), desc=desc)