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25
26 package java.nio;
27
28 import jdk.internal.misc.Unsafe;
29
30 /**
31 * A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.
32 *
33 * @author Mark Reinhold
34 * @author JSR-51 Expert Group
35 * @since 1.4
36 */
37
38 public final class ByteOrder {
39
40 private String name;
41
42 private ByteOrder(String name) {
43 this.name = name;
44 }
45
46 /**
47 * Constant denoting big-endian byte order. In this order, the bytes of a
48 * multibyte value are ordered from most significant to least significant.
49 */
50 public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN
51 = new ByteOrder("BIG_ENDIAN");
52
53 /**
54 * Constant denoting little-endian byte order. In this order, the bytes of
55 * a multibyte value are ordered from least significant to most
56 * significant.
57 */
58 public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN
59 = new ByteOrder("LITTLE_ENDIAN");
60
61 // Retrieve the native byte order. It's used early during bootstrap, and
62 // must be initialized after BIG_ENDIAN and LITTLE_ENDIAN.
63 private static final ByteOrder NATIVE_ORDER
64 = Unsafe.getUnsafe().isBigEndian()
65 ? ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN : ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN;
66
67 /**
68 * Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.
69 *
70 * <p> This method is defined so that performance-sensitive Java code can
71 * allocate direct buffers with the same byte order as the hardware.
72 * Native code libraries are often more efficient when such buffers are
73 * used. </p>
74 *
75 * @return The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java
76 * virtual machine is running
77 */
78 public static ByteOrder nativeOrder() {
79 return NATIVE_ORDER;
80 }
81
82 /**
83 * Constructs a string describing this object.
84 *
85 * <p> This method returns the string
86 * {@code "BIG_ENDIAN"} for {@link #BIG_ENDIAN} and
87 * {@code "LITTLE_ENDIAN"} for {@link #LITTLE_ENDIAN}.
88 *
89 * @return The specified string
90 */
91 public String toString() {
92 return name;
93 }
94
95 }
96