# [OmniOS-discuss] java : feca beba : endian problem?

Jim Klimov jimklimov at cos.ru
Fri Nov 1 12:36:46 UTC 2013

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    On 2013-10-31 23:13, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
    > i checked on openbsd running on x86-64, the header is still
    > the same, "fecabeba".
    > as per the material i've read on java, it should always be,
    > "cafebabe".
    > am i doing something wrong somewhere?

    As a wild guess, this magic number allows the system to set up
    its file-reading routines in such a way that the number would
    resolve to a predefined value? I.e. if it differs, the parser
    should try different endianness/byteswap filters?

    //Jim

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