Core Java: byte and short overflow silently wraps around, no exception

byte and short have no overflow checking. Incrementing past MAX_VALUE silently wraps to the type's minimum instead of throwing.

Code

byte b = 127;
b++;
short s = 32767;
s++;
System.out.println("byte 127 + 1 = " + b);
System.out.println("short 32767 + 1 = " + s);

Output

byte 127 + 1 = -128
short 32767 + 1 = -32768