static Endian()
{
Little = new Endian();
Big = new Endian();
Native = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian ? Little : Big;
NonNative = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian ? Big : Little;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a BinaryWriter to write to the stream managed by <paramref name="writer" />
/// using the provided Endian setting. <paramref name="marker" /> is written to the
/// stream to mark the Endian setting used.
/// </summary>
public static BinaryWriter WriteEndianMarker(this BinaryWriter writer, Endian endian, uint marker)
{
var result = writer;
if (endian != Endian.Native)
{
var endianWriter = new EndianWriter(writer) { Endian = endian };
result = endianWriter;
}
writer.Write(marker);
return result;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a converter for changing data from the current
/// Endian setting to the target Endian setting.
/// </summary>
public EndianConverter To(Endian target)
{
return EndianConverter.Create(this != target);
}
