1*d1766043SAndrew Rist/************************************************************** 2cdf0e10cSrcweir * 3*d1766043SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 4*d1766043SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 5*d1766043SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 6*d1766043SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 7*d1766043SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 8*d1766043SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 9*d1766043SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 10*d1766043SAndrew Rist * 11*d1766043SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12*d1766043SAndrew Rist * 13*d1766043SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 14*d1766043SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 15*d1766043SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 16*d1766043SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 17*d1766043SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 18*d1766043SAndrew Rist * under the License. 19*d1766043SAndrew Rist * 20*d1766043SAndrew Rist *************************************************************/ 21*d1766043SAndrew Rist 22*d1766043SAndrew Rist 23cdf0e10cSrcweir#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_Endianness_idl__ 24cdf0e10cSrcweir#define __com_sun_star_util_Endianness_idl__ 25cdf0e10cSrcweir 26cdf0e10cSrcweirmodule com { module sun { module star { module util { 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir/** These constans describe the endiannes of data structures.<p> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir 30cdf0e10cSrcweir The endianness specifies the order in which the bytes of larger 31cdf0e10cSrcweir types are laid out in memory.<p> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir 33cdf0e10cSrcweir @since OOo 2.0 34cdf0e10cSrcweir */ 35cdf0e10cSrcweirconstants Endianness 36cdf0e10cSrcweir{ 37cdf0e10cSrcweir /** Little endian.<p> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir 39cdf0e10cSrcweir The values are stored in little endian format, i.e. the bytes 40cdf0e10cSrcweir of the long word 0xAABBCCDD are layed out like 0xDD, 0xCC, 41cdf0e10cSrcweir 0xBB, 0xAA in memory. That is, data of arbitrary machine word 42cdf0e10cSrcweir lengths always starts with the least significant byte, and 43cdf0e10cSrcweir ends with the most significant one.<p> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir */ 45cdf0e10cSrcweir const byte LITTLE=0; 46cdf0e10cSrcweir 47cdf0e10cSrcweir /** Big endian.<p> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir 49cdf0e10cSrcweir The values are stored in big endian format, i.e. the bytes of 50cdf0e10cSrcweir the long word 0xAABBCCDD are layed out like 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 51cdf0e10cSrcweir 0xDD in memory. That is, data of arbitrary machine word 52cdf0e10cSrcweir lengths always start with the most significant byte, and ends 53cdf0e10cSrcweir with the least significant one.<p> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir */ 55cdf0e10cSrcweir const byte BIG=1; 56cdf0e10cSrcweir}; 57cdf0e10cSrcweir 58cdf0e10cSrcweir}; }; }; }; 59cdf0e10cSrcweir 60cdf0e10cSrcweir#endif 61