(java) Writing in file little endian
I'm trying to write TIFF IFDs, and I'm looking for a simple way to do the following (this code obviously is wrong but it gets the idea across of what I want):
out.writeChar(12) (bytes 0-1)
out.writeChar(259) (bytes 2-3)
out.writeChar(3) (bytes 4-5)
out.writeInt(1) (bytes 6-9)
out.writeInt(1) (bytes 10-13)
Would write:
0c00 0301 0300 0100 0000 0100 0000
I know how to get the writing method to take up the correct number of bytes (writeInt, writeChar, etc) but I don't know how to get it to write in little endian. Anyone know?
Answer
Maybe you should try something like this:
ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1000);
buffer.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
buffer.putChar((char) 12);
buffer.putChar((char) 259);
buffer.putChar((char) 3);
buffer.putInt(1);
buffer.putInt(1);
byte[] bytes = buffer.array();