code: public short extract_DevShort(Any in) throws DevFailed
  	{
  		short data = 0;
  		try
  		{
  			data = in.extract_short();
  		}
  		catch (BAD_OPERATION ex)
  		{
  			throw_bad_type("DevShort");
  		}
  		return data;
  	}
docs: Extract a short data from a CORBA Any object.
  
  @param in The CORBA Any object
  @return The extracted short data
  @exception DevFailed If the Any object does not contains a data of the
  waited type.
  Click <a href="../../tango_basic/idl_html/Tango.html#DevFailed">here</a> to read
  <b>DevFailed</b> exception specification