01: /*
02: * $RCSfile: EndianType.java,v $
03: * $Revision: 1.1 $
04: * $Date: 2005/02/11 05:02:16 $
05: * $State: Exp $
06: *
07: * Interface: EndianType
08: *
09: * Description: Defines the two types of endianess (i.e. byte
10: * ordering).
11: *
12: *
13: *
14: * COPYRIGHT:
15: *
16: * This software module was originally developed by Raphaël Grosbois and
17: * Diego Santa Cruz (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL); Joel
18: * Askelöf (Ericsson Radio Systems AB); and Bertrand Berthelot, David
19: * Bouchard, Félix Henry, Gerard Mozelle and Patrice Onno (Canon Research
20: * Centre France S.A) in the course of development of the JPEG2000
21: * standard as specified by ISO/IEC 15444 (JPEG 2000 Standard). This
22: * software module is an implementation of a part of the JPEG 2000
23: * Standard. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL, Ericsson Radio
24: * Systems AB and Canon Research Centre France S.A (collectively JJ2000
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29: * or modifications thereof for use in hardware or software products
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42: *
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44: *
45: *
46: *
47: */
48:
49: package jj2000.j2k.io;
50:
51: /**
52: * This interface defines constants for the two types of byte
53: * ordering: little- and big-endian.
54: *
55: * <P>Little-endian is least significant byte first.
56: *
57: * <P>Big-endian is most significant byte first.
58: *
59: * <P>This interface defines the constants only. In order to use the
60: * constants in any other class you can either use the fully qualified
61: * name (e.g., <tt>EndianType.LITTLE_ENDIAN</tt>) or declare this
62: * interface in the implements clause of the class and then access the
63: * identifier directly.
64: *
65: */
66: public interface EndianType {
67:
68: /** Identifier for big-endian byte ordering (i.e. most significant
69: * byte first) */
70: public static final int BIG_ENDIAN = 0;
71:
72: /** Identifier for little-endian byte ordering (i.e. least
73: * significant byte first) */
74: public static final int LITTLE_ENDIAN = 1;
75: }
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