how to get endianess in Java or python?

Question

In C I could the Endianess of the machine by the following method. how would I get using a python or Java program?. In Ja

Answer 1

In Java, it's just

ByteOrder.nativeOrder();

...which returns either BIG_ENDIAN or LITTLE_ENDIAN.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/nio/ByteOrder.html