java.nio

Class ByteOrder

java.lang.Object

java.nio.ByteOrder

public final class ByteOrder
extends Object

Defines byte order constants.

Since:

Android 1.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ByteOrder	BIG_ENDIAN This constant represents big endian.
static ByteOrder	LITTLE_ENDIAN This constant represents little endian.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ByteOrder	nativeOrder() Returns the current platform byte order.
String	toString() Returns a string that describes this object.

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

This constant represents big endian.

Since:

Android 1.0

LITTLE_ENDIAN

public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN

This constant represents little endian.

Since:

Android 1.0

Method Detail

nativeOrder

public static ByteOrder nativeOrder()

Returns the current platform byte order.

Returns:

the byte order object, which is either LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN.

Since:

Android 1.0

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string that describes this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

"BIG_ENDIAN" for ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN objects, "LITTLE_ENDIAN" for ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN objects.

Since:

Android 1.0