Reference

CL_Endian(3)

Endianess management class.

NAME

CL_Endian - Endianess management class.

DESCRIPTION

The CL_Endian class is used to convert between different endianess. There are also a set of defines to the lazy developer:

#define SWAP_IF_BIG(i)
#define SWAP_IF_LITTLE(i)
#define SWAP_IF_BIG_ALOT(i, times)
#define SWAP_IF_LITTLE_ALOT(i, times)
#define IS_SYSTEM_64BIT()

Each of these defines call CL_Endian::is_system_big() and CL_Endian::swap. For the exact definition of the defines, have a look in ClanLib/Layer1/IOData/API/endian.h

CLASS MEMBERS

static void swap(
void *data,
int type_size)
static void swap(
void *data,
int type_size,
int total_times)
static bool is_system_big()
static bool is_system_64bit()

MEMBERS WITH DESCRIPTIONS

static void swap(
void *data,
int type_size)


Parameters:
data - Data to be swapped.
type_size - Size of datatype to be swapped.


Description:

Swaps the bytes between little and big endian.

static void swap(
void *data,
int type_size,
int total_times)


Parameters:
data -Data to be swapped.
type_size - Size of datatype to be swapped.
total_times - Number of 'type_size' size data chunks to be swapped.


Description:

Swaps larger amounts of data between little and big endian.

static bool is_system_big()
Description:

Returns true if big endian system.

Return value:

True if big endian system, false otherwise.

static bool is_system_64bit()
Description:

Returns true if 64 bit system.

Return value:

True if 64 bit, false otherwise.

SEE ALSO

All ClanLib API classes can be found in clanlib (3).

AUTHORS

Originally written by Magnus Norddahl <[email protected]> and Martin Starch <[email protected]>. ClanLib is now developed by the ClanLib Development team as an Open Source project.

The ClanLib man pages was created using the Perceps documentation system (another excellent piece of Open Source software, available at http://somewhere.in.the.world.org).

See clanlib (3) to find out how to get a full list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports, comments etc.