The Java New I/O (NIO) class ByteOrder can be useful in determining the native byte order (or Endianness) used by the underlying platform. Knowledge of a particular platform’s endianness is vital when ...

Since J2SE 5, Platform MBeans have been available that allow some key characteristics regarding the JVM to be monitored and (even managed in some cases) via JMX. In addition, many JVM-based ...