- java.lang.Object
- java.nio.ByteOrder
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.
Field Detail
BIG_ENDIAN
public static final ByteOrder 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 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 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 toString()
Constructs a string describing this object.This method returns the string
"BIG_ENDIAN"
forBIG_ENDIAN
and"LITTLE_ENDIAN"
forLITTLE_ENDIAN
.