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package java.nio;

//import org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.Platform;

/** Defines byte order constants.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0 */
public final class ByteOrder {

    /** This constant represents big endian.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0 */
    public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN = new ByteOrder("BIG_ENDIAN"); //$NON-NLS-1$

    /** This constant represents little endian.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0 */
    public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN = new ByteOrder("LITTLE_ENDIAN"); //$NON-NLS-1$

    private static final ByteOrder NATIVE_ORDER;

    static {
        // if (Platform.getMemorySystem().isLittleEndian()) {
        NATIVE_ORDER = LITTLE_ENDIAN;
        // } else {
        // NATIVE_ORDER = BIG_ENDIAN;
        // }
    }

    /** Returns the current platform byte order.
     * 
     * @return the byte order object, which is either LITTLE_ENDIAN or BIG_ENDIAN.
     * @since Android 1.0 */
    public static ByteOrder nativeOrder() {
        return NATIVE_ORDER;
    }

    private final String name;

    private ByteOrder(String name) {
        super();
        this.name = name;
    }

    /** Returns a string that describes this object.
     * 
     * @return "BIG_ENDIAN" for {@link #BIG_ENDIAN ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN} objects, "LITTLE_ENDIAN" for {@link #LITTLE_ENDIAN
     *         ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN} objects.
     * @since Android 1.0 */
    public String toString() {
        return name;
    }
}