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  package java.nio;
  
  
  /**
   * A typesafe enumeration for byte orders.
   *
   * @author Mark Reinhold
   * @author JSR-51 Expert Group
   * @since 1.4
   */
  
  public final class ByteOrder {
  
      private String name;
  
      private ByteOrder(String name) {
          this.name = name;
      }
  
      /**
       * Constant denoting big-endian byte order.  In this order, the bytes of a
       * multibyte value are ordered from most significant to least significant.
       */
      public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN
          = new ByteOrder("BIG_ENDIAN");
  
      /**
       * Constant denoting little-endian byte order.  In this order, the bytes of
       * a multibyte value are ordered from least significant to most
       * significant.
       */
      public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN
          = new ByteOrder("LITTLE_ENDIAN");
  
      /**
       * Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform.
       *
       * <p> 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.  </p>
       *
       * @return  The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java
       *          virtual machine is running
       */
      public static ByteOrder nativeOrder() {
          return Bits.byteOrder();
      }
  
      /**
       * Constructs a string describing this object.
       *
       * <p> This method returns the string <tt>"BIG_ENDIAN"</tt> for {@link
       * #BIG_ENDIAN} and <tt>"LITTLE_ENDIAN"</tt> for {@link #LITTLE_ENDIAN}.
       * </p>
       *
       * @return  The specified string
       */
      public String toString() {
          return name;
      }
  
  }
  