question: private static int NewShortArray ( JNIEnvironment env , int length ) { if ( traceJNI ) VM . sysWrite ( "JNI called: NewShortArray  \n" ) ; RuntimeEntrypoints . checkJNICountDownToGC ( ) ; try { short [ ] newArray = new short [ length ] ; return env . pushJNIRef ( newArray ) ; } catch ( Throwable unexpected ) { if ( traceJNI ) unexpected . printStackTrace ( System . err ) ; env . recordException ( unexpected ) ; return 0 ; } }
target:  NewShortArray: create a new short array