Hive JDBC Storage Handler: java.lang.ClassCastException on accessing TINYINT, SMALLINT Data Type From JDBC Data Source

//MySQL table:
create table testtbl(a TINYINT, b SMALLINT);

// Insert to table via mysql connector

//Hive table:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE `hive_table`(               
      a TINYINT, b SMALLINT
 )           
    STORED BY                                          
      'org.apache.hive.storage.jdbc.JdbcStorageHandler'                       
    TBLPROPERTIES (                                                            
      'hive.sql.database.type'='MYSQL',                                  
      'hive.sql.dbcp.password'='',             
      'hive.sql.dbcp.username'='',             
      'hive.sql.jdbc.driver'='com.mysql.jdbc.Driver',  
      'hive.sql.jdbc.url'='',  
      'hive.sql.table'='testtbl');

//Hive query:
select * from hive_table;