ByteOrder

java.lang.Object
- java.nio.ByteOrder

```
public final class ByteOrder
extends Object
```
A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.

Since:

1.4

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN
Constant denoting big-endian byte order.

static ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN
Constant denoting little-endian byte order.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ByteOrder`	`nativeOrder()`	Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.
`String`	`toString()`	Constructs a string describing 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
```
    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
```
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.
- Method Detail
  - nativeOrder
```
public static 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.
    
    Returns:
    
    The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java virtual machine is running
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Constructs a string describing this object.
    This method returns the string "BIG_ENDIAN" for BIG_ENDIAN and "LITTLE_ENDIAN" for LITTLE_ENDIAN.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    The specified string