public class PrimitiveAssignments {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      short sh  = 300; // by default integer literals are int
      short sh1 = 127 * 5; // By default a result of an expression is an int
      //short sh2 = 127 * 1000;  Does not compile because the int returned does not fit in a range of short

      short sh3 = 5;
      short sh4 = 127;
      //short sh5 = sh3 * sh4; //Does not compile because the value of a variable can change at runtime, needs a cast
      short sh5 = (short)(sh3 * sh4); // Works fine using casting.

   }
}