/// <summary> /// Retrieves the native byte order of the underlying platform. /// /// <para> This method is defined so that performance-sensitive Java code can /// allocate direct buffers with the same byte order as the hardware. /// Native code libraries are often more efficient when such buffers are /// used. </para> /// </summary> /// <returns> The native byte order of the hardware upon which this Java /// virtual machine is running </returns> public static ByteOrder NativeOrder() { return(Bits.ByteOrder()); }