Class ByteOrder
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- java.nio.ByteOrder
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public final class ByteOrder extends Object
A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.- Since:
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Field Summary
Fields Modifier and Type Field and Description static ByteOrderBIG_ENDIANConstant denoting big-endian byte order.static ByteOrderLITTLE_ENDIANConstant denoting little-endian byte order.
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description static ByteOrdernativeOrder()Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.StringtoString()Constructs a string describing this object.
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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.
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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.
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- 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" for
BIG_ENDIANand "LITTLE_ENDIAN" forLITTLE_ENDIAN.
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