#include <LESwaps.h>
Static Public Member Functions | |
static le_uint8 | isBigEndian () |
This method detects the endian-ness of the platform by casting a pointer to a word to a pointer to a byte. | |
static le_uint16 | swapWord (le_uint16 value) |
This method does the byte swap required on little endian platforms to correctly access a (16-bit) word. | |
static le_uint32 | swapLong (le_uint32 value) |
This method does the byte swapping required on little endian platforms to correctly access a (32-bit) long. |
It has been designed to automatically detect the endian-ness of the platform, so that a compilation flag is not needed.
All methods are static and inline in an attempt to induce the compiler to do most of the calculations at compile time.
Definition at line 63 of file LESwaps.h.
static le_uint8 LESwaps::isBigEndian | ( | ) | [inline, static] |
This method detects the endian-ness of the platform by casting a pointer to a word to a pointer to a byte.
On big endian platforms the FF will be in the byte with the lowest address. On little endian platforms, the FF will be in the byte with the highest address.