endian.h

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//
// srecord - Manipulate EPROM load files
// Copyright (C) 2008, 2010-2012 Peter Miller
//
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#ifndef SRECORD_ENDIAN_H
#define SRECORD_ENDIAN_H
 
namespace srecord
{
 
enum endian_t
{
    endian_big,
    endian_little
};
 
/**
  * The endian_to_string function may be used to convert an endian value
  * into its string equivalent.
  *
  * @param x
  *     The value to convert
  * @returns
  *     a C string
  */
const char *endian_to_string(endian_t x);
 
/**
  * The decode_word_be function is used to decode a big-endian 2-byte
  * data buffer into an unsigned short value.
  *
  * @param data
  *     The data to be decoded
  */
unsigned short decode_word_be(const unsigned char *data);
 
/**
  * The decode_word_le function is used to decode a little-endian 2-byte
  * data buffer into an unsigned short value.
  *
  * @param data
  *     The data to be decoded
  */
unsigned short decode_word_le(const unsigned char *data);
 
/**
  * The decode_word_le function is used to decode a little-endian 2-byte
  * data buffer into an unsigned short value.
  *
  * @param data
  *     The data to be decoded
  * @param order
  *     The order of the bytes to be decoded.
  */
unsigned short endian_decode_word(const unsigned char *data, endian_t order);
 
};
 
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#endif // SRECORD_ENDIAN_H