Byte <--> Ushort, Short Converter

Converter.h

struct Converter
{
    static unsigned short UShort(unsigned char b1, unsigned char b2)
    {
        return (unsigned short)( (0xff00 & (b2 << 8)) | (0x00ff & (b1 << 0)) );
    }
    
    static short Short(unsigned char b1, unsigned char b2)
    {
        return (short)( (0xff00 & (b2 << 8)) | (0x00ff & (b1 << 0)) );
    }
};

Main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "Converter.h"

using namespace std;

int main(void){
    
    {
        short val = -32767;
        
        unsigned char* low = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&val);
        unsigned char* high = low + 1;
        
        cout << Converter::UShort(*low, *high) << endl;
    }
    
    {
        unsigned short val = 45566;
        
        unsigned char* low = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&val);
        unsigned char* high = low + 1;
    
        cout << Converter::UShort(*low, *high) << endl;
    }
    
    {
        short val = -32767;
        
        unsigned char* low = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&val);
        unsigned char* high = low + 1;
        
        cout << Converter::Short(*low, *high) << endl;
    }
    
    {
        unsigned short val = 45566;
        
        unsigned char* low = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&val);
        unsigned char* high = low + 1;
    
        cout << Converter::Short(*low, *high) << endl;
    }
    
    unsigned short val = 124;
    val -= 32768;
    cout << val << endl;
}