+2003-03-10 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>
+
+ * java/nio/ByteOrder.java
+ (nativeOrder): Working implementation, added documentation.
+ (toString): Added documentation.
+
2003-03-10 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>
* java/net/DatagramSocket.java,
obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
exception statement from your version. */
-package java.nio;
+package java.nio;
+/**
+ * @author Michael Koch
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
public final class ByteOrder
{
public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN = new ByteOrder();
public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN = new ByteOrder();
- public static ByteOrder nativeOrder()
+ /**
+ * Returns the native byte order of the platform currently running.
+ */
+ public static ByteOrder nativeOrder ()
{
- return BIG_ENDIAN;
+ return (System.getProperty ("gnu.cpu.endian") == "big"
+ ? BIG_ENDIAN : LITTLE_ENDIAN);
}
+ /**
+ * Returns a string representation of the byte order.
+ */
public String toString()
{
return this == BIG_ENDIAN ? "BIG_ENDIAN" : "LITTLE_ENDIAN";