src/share/vm/utilities/bytes.hpp

@  rev 12742 : imported patch alpinefixes-copyswapaligned
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 #ifndef SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_BYTES_HPP
 #define SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_BYTES_HPP
 
 #include "utilities/macros.hpp"
 
+class Endian : AllStatic {
+public:
+  enum Order {
+    LITTLE,
+    BIG,
+    JAVA = BIG,
+    NATIVE =
+#ifdef VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+    LITTLE
+#else
+    BIG
+#endif
+  };
+
+  // Returns true, if the byte ordering used by Java is different from
+  // the native byte ordering of the underlying machine.
+  static inline bool is_Java_byte_ordering_different() {
+    return NATIVE != JAVA;
+  }
+};
+
 #include CPU_HEADER(bytes)
 
 #endif // SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_BYTES_HPP