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ByteOrder
class ByteOrder
A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.
Summary
| Public methods |
| static ByteOrder! |
Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.
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| String |
Constructs a string describing this object.
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| Properties |
| static ByteOrder! |
Constant denoting big-endian byte order.
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| static ByteOrder! |
Constant denoting little-endian byte order.
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Public methods
nativeOrder
static fun nativeOrder(): ByteOrder!
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 |
ByteOrder! |
The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java virtual machine is running |
toString
fun toString(): String
Constructs a string describing this object.
This method returns the string "BIG_ENDIAN" for BIG_ENDIAN and "LITTLE_ENDIAN" for LITTLE_ENDIAN.
| Return |
String |
The specified string |
Properties
BIG_ENDIAN
static val BIG_ENDIAN: ByteOrder!
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
static val LITTLE_ENDIAN: ByteOrder!
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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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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