PLYStorageMode.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Alberto Irurueta Carro (alberto@irurueta.com)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package com.irurueta.geometry.io;

/**
 * Enumerator containing different storage modes supported for PLY files.
 */
public enum PLYStorageMode {
    /**
     * Binary big-endian. When using big-endian natural binary order of data is
     * preserved (high bytes come first).
     */
    PLY_BIG_ENDIAN,

    /**
     * Binary little-endian. When using little-endian natural binary order of
     * data is reversed (low bytes come first).
     */
    PLY_LITTLE_ENDIAN,

    /**
     * ASCII text. Data is stored in readable text format. This format might
     * lose precision for floating point data.
     */
    PLY_ASCII
}