001/*
002 * $RCSfile: EndianType.java,v $
003 * $Revision: 1.1 $
004 * $Date: 2005/02/11 05:02:16 $
005 * $State: Exp $
006 *
007 * Interface:           EndianType
008 *
009 * Description:         Defines the two types of endianess (i.e. byte
010 *                      ordering).
011 *
012 *
013 *
014 * COPYRIGHT:
015 *
016 * This software module was originally developed by Raphaël Grosbois and
017 * Diego Santa Cruz (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL); Joel
018 * Askelöf (Ericsson Radio Systems AB); and Bertrand Berthelot, David
019 * Bouchard, Félix Henry, Gerard Mozelle and Patrice Onno (Canon Research
020 * Centre France S.A) in the course of development of the JPEG2000
021 * standard as specified by ISO/IEC 15444 (JPEG 2000 Standard). This
022 * software module is an implementation of a part of the JPEG 2000
023 * Standard. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL, Ericsson Radio
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048
049package jj2000.j2k.io;
050
051/**
052 * This interface defines constants for the two types of byte
053 * ordering: little- and big-endian.
054 *
055 * <P>Little-endian is least significant byte first.
056 *
057 * <P>Big-endian is most significant byte first.
058 *
059 * <P>This interface defines the constants only. In order to use the
060 * constants in any other class you can either use the fully qualified
061 * name (e.g., <tt>EndianType.LITTLE_ENDIAN</tt>) or declare this
062 * interface in the implements clause of the class and then access the
063 * identifier directly.
064 *
065 */
066public interface EndianType {
067
068    /** Identifier for big-endian byte ordering (i.e. most significant
069     * byte first) */
070    public static final int BIG_ENDIAN = 0;
071
072    /** Identifier for little-endian byte ordering (i.e. least
073     * significant byte first) */
074    public static final int LITTLE_ENDIAN = 1;
075}