Get dword 16bit from integer(signed) array (java)

getdword.java

public String word16bit(int[] listabit) {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        for (int value : listabit) {
            int b2 = value & 0xff;
            int b1 = (value >> 8) & 0xff;

            if (b2 == 0) {
                return result.toString();
            } else {
                result.append( (char) b2 );
            }
            if (b1 == 0) {
                return result.toString();
            } else {
                result.append( (char) b1 );
            }
        }
        return result.toString();
    }