Package java.nio.channels

Interface GatheringByteChannel

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Channel, Closeable, WritableByteChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatagramChannel, FileChannel, Pipe.SinkChannel, SocketChannel

public interface GatheringByteChannel
extends WritableByteChannel

The interface for channels that can write a set of buffers in a single operation. The corresponding interface for read operations is ScatteringByteChannel.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	write(ByteBuffer[] buffers)	Writes bytes from all the given buffers to a channel.
long	write(ByteBuffer[] buffers, int offset, int length)	Attempts to write all remaining() bytes from length byte buffers, in order, starting at buffers[offset].

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

close, isOpen

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel

write

Method Detail

write

long write(ByteBuffer[] buffers)
    throws IOException

Writes bytes from all the given buffers to a channel.

This method is equivalent to: write(buffers, 0, buffers.length);

Parameters:

buffers - the buffers containing bytes to be written.

Returns:

the number of bytes actually written.

Throws:

AsynchronousCloseException - if the channel is closed by another thread during this write operation.

ClosedByInterruptException - if another thread interrupts the calling thread while the operation is in progress. The interrupt state of the calling thread is set and the channel is closed.

ClosedChannelException - if the channel is closed.

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset < 0 or length < 0, or if offset + length is greater than the size of buffers.

IOException - if another I/O error occurs; details are in the message.

NonWritableChannelException - if the channel has not been opened in a mode that permits writing.

write

long write(ByteBuffer[] buffers,
           int offset,
           int length)
    throws IOException

Attempts to write all remaining() bytes from length byte buffers, in order, starting at buffers[offset]. The number of bytes actually written is returned.

If a write operation is in progress, subsequent threads will block until the write is completed and then contend for the ability to write.

Parameters:

buffers - the array of byte buffers that is the source for bytes written to the channel.

offset - the index of the first buffer in buffers to get bytes from.

length - the number of buffers to get bytes from.

Returns:

the number of bytes actually written.

Throws:

AsynchronousCloseException - if the channel is closed by another thread during this write operation.

ClosedByInterruptException - if another thread interrupts the calling thread while the operation is in progress. The interrupt state of the calling thread is set and the channel is closed.

ClosedChannelException - if the channel is closed.

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset < 0 or length < 0, or if offset + length is greater than the size of buffers.

IOException - if another I/O error occurs; details are in the message.

NonWritableChannelException - if the channel was not opened for writing.