/*
*
- * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1998-2010 - All Rights Reserved
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1998-2011 - All Rights Reserved
*
*/
public:
/**
- * This method does the byte swap required on little endian platforms
- * to correctly access a (16-bit) word.
+ * Reads a big-endian 16-bit word and returns a native-endian value.
+ * No-op on a big-endian platform, byte-swaps on a little-endian platform.
*
* @param value - the word to be byte swapped
*
*/
static le_uint16 swapWord(le_uint16 value)
{
- return (le_uint16)((value << 8) | (value >> 8));
+#if (defined(U_IS_BIG_ENDIAN) && U_IS_BIG_ENDIAN) || (defined(BYTE_ORDER) && defined(BIG_ENDIAN)) || defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__)
+ // Fastpath when we know that the platform is big-endian.
+ return value;
+#else
+ // Reads a big-endian value on any platform.
+ const le_uint8 *p = reinterpret_cast<const le_uint8 *>(&value);
+ return (le_uint16)((p[0] << 8) | p[1]);
+#endif
};
/**
- * This method does the byte swapping required on little endian platforms
- * to correctly access a (32-bit) long.
+ * Reads a big-endian 32-bit word and returns a native-endian value.
+ * No-op on a big-endian platform, byte-swaps on a little-endian platform.
*
* @param value - the long to be byte swapped
*
*/
static le_uint32 swapLong(le_uint32 value)
{
- return (le_uint32)(
- (value << 24) |
- ((value << 8) & 0xff0000) |
- ((value >> 8) & 0xff00) |
- (value >> 24));
+#if (defined(U_IS_BIG_ENDIAN) && U_IS_BIG_ENDIAN) || (defined(BYTE_ORDER) && defined(BIG_ENDIAN)) || defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__)
+ // Fastpath when we know that the platform is big-endian.
+ return value;
+#else
+ // Reads a big-endian value on any platform.
+ const le_uint8 *p = reinterpret_cast<const le_uint8 *>(&value);
+ return (le_uint32)((p[0] << 24) | (p[1] << 16) | (p[2] << 8) | p[3]);
+#endif
};
private: