java.nio
Class ByteOrder

java.lang.Object
  java.nio.ByteOrder

public final class ByteOrder
extends Object

Since:

1.4

Field Summary

static ByteOrder	BIG_ENDIAN Constant indicating big endian byte order.
static ByteOrder	LITTLE_ENDIAN Constant indicating little endian byte order.

Method Summary

static ByteOrder	nativeOrder() Returns the native byte order of the platform currently running.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the byte order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BIG_ENDIAN

public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN

Constant indicating big endian byte order.

LITTLE_ENDIAN

public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN

Constant indicating little endian byte order.

Method Detail

nativeOrder

public static ByteOrder nativeOrder()

Returns the native byte order of the platform currently running.

Returns:

the native byte order

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the byte order.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string