Added in API level 26

AsynchronousByteChannel

interface AsynchronousByteChannel : AsynchronousChannel
java.nio.channels.AsynchronousByteChannel

An asynchronous channel that can read and write bytes.

Some channels may not allow more than one read or write to be outstanding at any given time. If a thread invokes a read method before a previous read operation has completed then a ReadPendingException will be thrown. Similarly, if a write method is invoked before a previous write has completed then WritePendingException is thrown. Whether or not other kinds of I/O operations may proceed concurrently with a read operation depends upon the type of the channel.

Note that ByteBuffers are not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads. When a read or write operation is initiated then care must be taken to ensure that the buffer is not accessed until the operation completes.

Summary

Public methods
abstract Unit
read(dst: ByteBuffer!, attachment: A, handler: CompletionHandler<Int!, in A>!)

Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer.

abstract Future<Int!>!

Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer.

abstract Unit
write(src: ByteBuffer!, attachment: A, handler: CompletionHandler<Int!, in A>!)

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer.

abstract Future<Int!>!

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer.

Inherited functions

Public methods

read

Added in API level 26
abstract fun <A : Any!> read(
    dst: ByteBuffer!,
    attachment: A,
    handler: CompletionHandler<Int!, in A>!
): Unit

Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer.

This method initiates an asynchronous read operation to read a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. The handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when the read operation completes (or fails). The result passed to the completion handler is the number of bytes read or -1 if no bytes could be read because the channel has reached end-of-stream.

The read operation may read up to r bytes from the channel, where r is the number of bytes remaining in the buffer, that is, dst.remaining() at the time that the read is attempted. Where r is 0, the read operation completes immediately with a result of 0 without initiating an I/O operation.

Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is read, where 0 < n <= r. This byte sequence will be transferred into the buffer so that the first byte in the sequence is at index p and the last byte is at index p + n - 1, where p is the buffer's position at the moment the read is performed. Upon completion the buffer's position will be equal to p + n; its limit will not have changed.

Buffers are not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads so care should be taken to not access the buffer until the operation has completed.

This method may be invoked at any time. Some channel types may not allow more than one read to be outstanding at any given time. If a thread initiates a read operation before a previous read operation has completed then a ReadPendingException will be thrown.

Parameters
<A> The type of the attachment
dst ByteBuffer!: The buffer into which bytes are to be transferred
attachment A: The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be null
handler CompletionHandler<Int!, in A>!: The completion handler
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException If the buffer is read-only
java.nio.channels.ReadPendingException If the channel does not allow more than one read to be outstanding and a previous read has not completed
java.nio.channels.ShutdownChannelGroupException If the channel is associated with a group that has terminated

read

Added in API level 26
abstract fun read(dst: ByteBuffer!): Future<Int!>!

Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer.

This method initiates an asynchronous read operation to read a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer. The method behaves in exactly the same manner as the read(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler) method except that instead of specifying a completion handler, this method returns a Future representing the pending result. The Future's get method returns the number of bytes read or -1 if no bytes could be read because the channel has reached end-of-stream.

Parameters
dst ByteBuffer!: The buffer into which bytes are to be transferred
Return
Future<Int!>! A Future representing the result of the operation
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException If the buffer is read-only
java.nio.channels.ReadPendingException If the channel does not allow more than one read to be outstanding and a previous read has not completed

write

Added in API level 26
abstract fun <A : Any!> write(
    src: ByteBuffer!,
    attachment: A,
    handler: CompletionHandler<Int!, in A>!
): Unit

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer.

This method initiates an asynchronous write operation to write a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. The handler parameter is a completion handler that is invoked when the write operation completes (or fails). The result passed to the completion handler is the number of bytes written.

The write operation may write up to r bytes to the channel, where r is the number of bytes remaining in the buffer, that is, src.remaining() at the time that the write is attempted. Where r is 0, the write operation completes immediately with a result of 0 without initiating an I/O operation.

Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is written, where 0 < n <= r. This byte sequence will be transferred from the buffer starting at index p, where p is the buffer's position at the moment the write is performed; the index of the last byte written will be p + n - 1. Upon completion the buffer's position will be equal to p + n; its limit will not have changed.

Buffers are not safe for use by multiple concurrent threads so care should be taken to not access the buffer until the operation has completed.

This method may be invoked at any time. Some channel types may not allow more than one write to be outstanding at any given time. If a thread initiates a write operation before a previous write operation has completed then a WritePendingException will be thrown.

Parameters
<A> The type of the attachment
src ByteBuffer!: The buffer from which bytes are to be retrieved
attachment A: The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be null
handler CompletionHandler<Int!, in A>!: The completion handler object
Exceptions
java.nio.channels.WritePendingException If the channel does not allow more than one write to be outstanding and a previous write has not completed
java.nio.channels.ShutdownChannelGroupException If the channel is associated with a group that has terminated

write

Added in API level 26
abstract fun write(src: ByteBuffer!): Future<Int!>!

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer.

This method initiates an asynchronous write operation to write a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer. The method behaves in exactly the same manner as the write(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler) method except that instead of specifying a completion handler, this method returns a Future representing the pending result. The Future's get method returns the number of bytes written.

Parameters
src ByteBuffer!: The buffer from which bytes are to be retrieved
Return
Future<Int!>! A Future representing the result of the operation
Exceptions
java.nio.channels.WritePendingException If the channel does not allow more than one write to be outstanding and a previous write has not completed