File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
ByteOrder.java	API Doc	Java SE 5 API	1880	Fri Aug 26 14:57:08 BST 2005	java.nio

ByteOrder

• java.lang.Object

Fields Summary
private String	name
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.
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.

Constructors Summary
private ByteOrder(String name) this.name = name;

Methods Summary
public static java.nio.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. return The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java virtual machine is running return Bits.byteOrder();
public java.lang.String	toString() Constructs a string describing this object. This method returns the string "BIG_ENDIAN" for {@link #BIG_ENDIAN} and "LITTLE_ENDIAN" for {@link #LITTLE_ENDIAN}. return The specified string return name;