java.lang.Character reverseBytes(char ch)
Description
The reverseBytes(char ch) method of Character class is static thus it should be accessed statically which means the we would be calling this method in this format:
Character.reverseBytes(char ch)
Non static method is usually called by just declaring method_name(argument) however in this case since the method is static, it should be called by appending the class name as suffix. We will be encountering a compilation problem if we call the java reverseBytes() method non statically.
Method Syntax
public static char reverseBytes(char ch)
Method Argument
| Data Type | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| char | ch | The char of which to reverse the byte order. |
Method Returns
The reverseBytes(char ch) method of Character class returns the value obtained by reversing (or, equivalently, swapping) the bytes in the specified char value.
Compatibility
Requires Java 1.5 and up
Java Character reverseBytes(char ch) Example
Below is a simple java example on the usage of reverseBytes(char ch) method of Character class.
package com.javatutorialhq.java.examples;
import java.util.Scanner;
/*
* This example source code demonstrates the use of
* reverseBytes(char ch) method of Character class.
*/
public class CharacterReverseBytesExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Ask for user input
System.out.print("Enter an input:");
// use scanner to get the user input
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
// gets the user input
char[] value = s.nextLine().toCharArray();
// close the scanner object
s.close();
/*
* get the codepoint of the result of
* reversing the bytes of character input
*/
for (char ch : value) {
char result = Character.reverseBytes(ch);
// print the result
System.out.println("character " + ch
+ " reversing it's bytes is having codepoint "
+ (int)result);
}
}
}
Sample Output
Below is the sample output when you run the above example.
