# ByteOrder

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  
Summary:[Fields](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#lfields)\|[Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#pubmethods)\|[Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#inhmethods)  

# ByteOrder

`
public

final

class
ByteOrder
`  
`

extends `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)`


``


`

|---|--------------------|
| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) ||
| ↳ | java.nio.ByteOrder |

<br />

*** ** * ** ***

A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.

## Summary

|                                                                                                              ### Fields                                                                                                               ||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ` public static final `[ByteOrder](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder) | [BIG_ENDIAN](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#BIG_ENDIAN) Constant denoting big-endian byte order.          |
| ` public static final `[ByteOrder](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder) | [LITTLE_ENDIAN](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#LITTLE_ENDIAN) Constant denoting little-endian byte order. |

|                                                                                                               ### Public methods                                                                                                               ||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ` static `[ByteOrder](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder) | ` `[nativeOrder](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#nativeOrder())`() ` Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform. |
| ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)             | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#toString())`() ` Constructs a string describing this object.                       |

| ### Inherited methods |
|-----------------------|---|
| From class` `[java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` ` |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)          | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone())`() ` Creates and returns a copy of this object.                                                                                                                                                      | | ` boolean`                                                                     | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` obj) ` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.                                           | | ` void`                                                                        | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize())`() ` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.                                                          | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`<?>` | ` `[getClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass())`() ` Returns the runtime class of this`Object`.                                                                                                                                                | | ` int`                                                                         | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code value for the object.                                                                                                                                                 | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[notify](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify())`() ` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.                                                                                                                            | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[notifyAll](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll())`() ` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.                                                                                                                         | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)          | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString())`() ` Returns a string representation of the object.                                                                                                                                            | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int))`(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long))`(long timeoutMillis) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.                   | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait())`() ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*.                                                                                             | ||

## Fields

### BIG_ENDIAN

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
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.

<br />

### LITTLE_ENDIAN

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
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.

<br />

## Public methods

### nativeOrder

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
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.

<br />

<br />

|                                                                                Returns                                                                                ||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [ByteOrder](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder) | The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java virtual machine is running <br /> |

### toString

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public String toString ()
```

Constructs a string describing this object.

This method returns the string`"BIG_ENDIAN"`for[BIG_ENDIAN](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#BIG_ENDIAN)and`"LITTLE_ENDIAN"`for[LITTLE_ENDIAN](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteOrder#LITTLE_ENDIAN).

<br />

|                                             Returns                                             ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| [String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | The specified string <br /> |