ByteOrder (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.nio.ByteOrder

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public final class ByteOrder
extends Object
A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.
Since:
1.4

• • Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  static ByteOrder	BIG_ENDIAN	Constant denoting big-endian byte order.
  static ByteOrder	LITTLE_ENDIAN	Constant denoting little-endian byte order.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  static ByteOrder	nativeOrder()	Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.
  String	toString()	Constructs a string describing this object.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Field Detail

     * #### BIG\_ENDIAN  
     public static final [ByteOrder](../../java/nio/ByteOrder.html "class in java.nio") BIG_ENDIAN  
     Constant denoting big-endian byte order. In this order, the bytes of a multibyte value are ordered from most significant to least significant.  
     * #### LITTLE\_ENDIAN  
     public static final [ByteOrder](../../java/nio/ByteOrder.html "class in java.nio") LITTLE_ENDIAN  
     Constant denoting little-endian byte order. In this order, the bytes of a multibyte value are ordered from least significant to most significant.  

  • Method Detail

    * #### nativeOrder  
    public static [ByteOrder](../../java/nio/ByteOrder.html "class in java.nio") nativeOrder()  
    Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.  
     This method is defined so that performance-sensitive Java code can allocate direct buffers with the same byte order as the hardware. Native code libraries are often more efficient when such buffers are used.  
    Returns:  
    The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java virtual machine is running  
    * #### toString  
    public [String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") toString()  
    Constructs a string describing this object.  
     This method returns the string "BIG\_ENDIAN" for [BIG\_ENDIAN](../../java/nio/ByteOrder.html#BIG%5FENDIAN) and "LITTLE\_ENDIAN" for [LITTLE\_ENDIAN](../../java/nio/ByteOrder.html#LITTLE%5FENDIAN).  
    Overrides:  
    `[toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString--)` in class `[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")`  
    Returns:  
    The specified string

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