<html> <head><title>ClanLib Reference: CL_Endian</title></head> <body text=black link=blue vlink=#800080 bgcolor=white topmargin=0 leftmargin=0> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=100%><tr><td><img border=0 src="../images/eyeheader-main-purple-a.gif" alt="ClanSoft logo" width=525 height=96></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=#dadada><td align=left valign=top><img border=0 src="../images/eyeheader-main-purple-b.gif" alt="ClanSoft logo" width=190 height=14></td><td align=right valign=top><img border=0 src="../images/clanlib_light.gif" width=42 height=14></td></tr></table> <table align=center border=0 cellspacing=10> <tr> <td><a href="entire_class_index.html">Entire Class Index</a></td> <td><a href="class_index.html">Main Class Index</a></td> <td><a href="cross_index.html">Cross Index</a></td> <td><a href="global_index.html">Global Index</a></td> </table><h1 align=center>Class CL_Endian</h1><p> <b> Endianess management class.</b><br> Contained in: <a href="global_index.html">global</a><br> Derived from: <i>none</i> <br> Derived by: <i>none</i> <br>Group: Core (I/O Data) <p> #include <ClanLib/core.h> <p> <hr noshade> <table border=0> <tr><td colspan=3><h3>public function member index:</h3></td> <tr valign=top><td align=left><h3>Operations:</h3></td> <tr valign=top><td align=right><tt><tt>static</tt> <tt><font color=purple>void</font></tt></tt> </td><td align=right><a href="CL_Endian.html#423"><tt><font color=blue><b>swap</b></font></tt></a></td><td><tt>(<tt><font color=purple>void</font></tt>* <tt><font color=blue>data</font></tt>, <tt><font color=purple>int</font></tt> <tt><font color=blue>type_size</font></tt>, <tt><font color=purple>int</font></tt> <tt><font color=blue>total_times</font></tt>=1)</tt>;</td> <tr valign=top><td align=left><h3>Attributes:</h3></td> <tr valign=top><td align=right><tt><tt>static</tt> <tt><font color=purple>bool</font></tt></tt> </td><td align=right><a href="CL_Endian.html#424"><tt><font color=blue><b>is_system_big</b></font></tt></a></td><td><tt>()</tt>;</td> <tr valign=top><td align=right><tt><tt>static</tt> <tt><font color=purple>bool</font></tt></tt> </td><td align=right><a href="CL_Endian.html#425"><tt><font color=blue><b>is_system_64bit</b></font></tt></a></td><td><tt>()</tt>;</td> <tr><td> </td></table> <hr noshade> <h2>Description:</h2> The <a href="CL_Endian.html">CL_Endian</a> class is used to convert between different endianess. There are also a set of defines to the lazy developer:<br> #define SWAP_IF_BIG(i)<br> #define SWAP_IF_LITTLE(i)<br> #define SWAP_IF_BIG_ALOT(i, times)<br> #define SWAP_IF_LITTLE_ALOT(i, times)<br> #define IS_SYSTEM_64BIT()<br> Each of these defines call CL_Endian::is_system_big() and CL_Endian::swap.<br><p> <hr noshade> <h2>Function Member Descriptions:</h2> <a name="425"><font size=+1><b>CL_Endian::is_system_64bit</b></font></a> - Returns true if 64 bit system.<br><tt><tt>static</tt> <tt><font color=purple>bool</font></tt></tt> <a href="CL_Endian.html#425"><tt><font color=blue><b>is_system_64bit</b></font></tt></a><tt>()</tt>;<br><blockquote> Returns - True if 64 bit, false otherwise.</blockquote> <hr size="1" width="70%" align="left" noshade="noshade"><br><br> <a name="424"><font size=+1><b>CL_Endian::is_system_big</b></font></a> - Returns true if big endian system.<br><tt><tt>static</tt> <tt><font color=purple>bool</font></tt></tt> <a href="CL_Endian.html#424"><tt><font color=blue><b>is_system_big</b></font></tt></a><tt>()</tt>;<br><blockquote> Returns - True if big endian system, false otherwise.</blockquote> <hr size="1" width="70%" align="left" noshade="noshade"><br><br> <a name="423"><font size=+1><b>CL_Endian::swap</b></font></a> - Swaps larger amounts of data between little and big endian.<br><tt><tt>static</tt> <tt><font color=purple>void</font></tt></tt> <a href="CL_Endian.html#423"><tt><font color=blue><b>swap</b></font></tt></a><tt>(<tt><font color=purple>void</font></tt>* <tt><font color=blue>data</font></tt>, <tt><font color=purple>int</font></tt> <tt><font color=blue>type_size</font></tt>, <tt><font color=purple>int</font></tt> <tt><font color=blue>total_times</font></tt>=1)</tt>;<br><blockquote> data -Data to be swapped.<br> type_size - Size of datatype to be swapped.<br> total_times - Number of 'type_size' size data chunks to be swapped.</blockquote> <hr size="1" width="70%" align="left" noshade="noshade"><br><br> <hr noshade> </body> </html>
