--- a/org.eclipse.core.databinding/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/databinding/validation/NumberToShortValidator.d	Sat Apr 18 09:25:29 2009 +0200
+++ b/org.eclipse.core.databinding/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/databinding/validation/NumberToShortValidator.d	Sat Apr 18 13:54:50 2009 +0200
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@
  * @since 1.0
  */
 public class NumberToShortValidator : NumberToNumberValidator {
-    private static final Short MIN = new Shortcast(Short.MIN_VALUE);
-    private static final Short MAX = new Shortcast(Short.MAX_VALUE);
+    private static Short MIN;
+    private static Short MAX;
     
     /**
      * @param converter
      */
     public this(NumberToShortConverter converter) {
+        if( MIN is null || MAX is null ){
+            MIN = new Short(Short.MIN_VALUE);
+            MAX = new Short(Short.MAX_VALUE);
+        }
         super(converter, MIN, MAX);
     }