Package java.nio.channels

Class Pipe

java.lang.Object

java.nio.channels.Pipe

public abstract class Pipe
extends Object

A pipe contains two channels, forming a unidirectional pipe. One is the writable sink channel, and the other is the readable source channel. When bytes are written into the writable channel they can be read from the readable channel. Bytes are read in the order in which they were written.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	Pipe.SinkChannel	Writable sink channel used to write to a pipe.
static class	Pipe.SourceChannel	Readable source channel used to read from a pipe.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Pipe()	The protected default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Pipe	open()	Returns a new pipe from the default {@see java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider}.
abstract Pipe.SinkChannel	sink()	Returns the sink channel of the pipe.
abstract Pipe.SourceChannel	source()	Returns the source channel of the pipe.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Pipe

protected Pipe()

The protected default constructor.

Method Detail

open

public static Pipe open()
                 throws IOException

Returns a new pipe from the default {@see java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider}.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

sink

public abstract Pipe.SinkChannel sink()

Returns the sink channel of the pipe.

Returns:

a writable sink channel of the pipe.

source

public abstract Pipe.SourceChannel source()

Returns the source channel of the pipe.

Returns:

a readable source channel of the pipe.