Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

ByteOrder

Synopsis

This class is a type-safe enumeration of byte orders, and is used by the ByteBuffer class. The two constant fields define the two legal byte order values: BIG_ENDIAN byte order means most-significant-byte first. LITTLE_ENDIAN means least-significant-byte first. The static nativeOrder( ) method returns whichever of these two constants represents the native byte order of the underlying operating system and hardware. Finally, the toString( ) method returns the string “BIG_ENDIAN” or “LITTLE_ENDIAN”.

public final class ByteOrder {
// No Constructor
                  // Public Constants
     public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN;  
     public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN;  
// Public Class Methods
     public static ByteOrder nativeOrder( );  
// Public Methods Overriding Object
     public String toString( );  
}

Passed To

ByteBuffer.order( )

Returned By

ByteBuffer.order( ), CharBuffer.order( ), DoubleBuffer.order( ), FloatBuffer.order( ), IntBuffer.order( ), LongBuffer.order( ), ShortBuffer.order( )