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duke@435: 
duke@435: class Bytes: AllStatic {
duke@435:  private:
duke@435: #ifndef AMD64
duke@435:   // Helper function for swap_u8
duke@435:   static inline u8   swap_u8_base(u4 x, u4 y);        // compiler-dependent implementation
duke@435: #endif // AMD64
duke@435: 
duke@435:  public:
duke@435:   // Returns true if the byte ordering used by Java is different from the native byte ordering
duke@435:   // of the underlying machine. For example, this is true for Intel x86, but false for Solaris
duke@435:   // on Sparc.
duke@435:   static inline bool is_Java_byte_ordering_different(){ return true; }
duke@435: 
duke@435: 
duke@435:   // Efficient reading and writing of unaligned unsigned data in platform-specific byte ordering
duke@435:   // (no special code is needed since x86 CPUs can access unaligned data)
duke@435:   static inline u2   get_native_u2(address p)         { return *(u2*)p; }
duke@435:   static inline u4   get_native_u4(address p)         { return *(u4*)p; }
duke@435:   static inline u8   get_native_u8(address p)         { return *(u8*)p; }
duke@435: 
duke@435:   static inline void put_native_u2(address p, u2 x)   { *(u2*)p = x; }
duke@435:   static inline void put_native_u4(address p, u4 x)   { *(u4*)p = x; }
duke@435:   static inline void put_native_u8(address p, u8 x)   { *(u8*)p = x; }
duke@435: 
duke@435: 
duke@435:   // Efficient reading and writing of unaligned unsigned data in Java
duke@435:   // byte ordering (i.e. big-endian ordering). Byte-order reversal is
duke@435:   // needed since x86 CPUs use little-endian format.
duke@435:   static inline u2   get_Java_u2(address p)           { return swap_u2(get_native_u2(p)); }
duke@435:   static inline u4   get_Java_u4(address p)           { return swap_u4(get_native_u4(p)); }
duke@435:   static inline u8   get_Java_u8(address p)           { return swap_u8(get_native_u8(p)); }
duke@435: 
duke@435:   static inline void put_Java_u2(address p, u2 x)     { put_native_u2(p, swap_u2(x)); }
duke@435:   static inline void put_Java_u4(address p, u4 x)     { put_native_u4(p, swap_u4(x)); }
duke@435:   static inline void put_Java_u8(address p, u8 x)     { put_native_u8(p, swap_u8(x)); }
duke@435: 
duke@435: 
duke@435:   // Efficient swapping of byte ordering
duke@435:   static inline u2   swap_u2(u2 x);                   // compiler-dependent implementation
duke@435:   static inline u4   swap_u4(u4 x);                   // compiler-dependent implementation
duke@435:   static inline u8   swap_u8(u8 x);
duke@435: };
duke@435: 
duke@435: 
duke@435: // The following header contains the implementations of swap_u2, swap_u4, and swap_u8[_base]
duke@435: #include "incls/_bytes_pd.inline.hpp.incl"