Interface ByteChannel

All Superinterfaces:: AutoCloseable, Channel, Closeable, ReadableByteChannel, WritableByteChannel

All Known Subinterfaces:: SeekableByteChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:: DatagramChannel, FileChannel, SocketChannel

public interface ByteChannel extends ReadableByteChannel, WritableByteChannel

A channel that can read and write bytes. This interface simply unifies ReadableByteChannel and WritableByteChannel; it does not specify any new operations.

Since:: 1.4

Method Summary

Methods declared in interface Channel

close, isOpen

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes this channel.
`boolean`	`isOpen()`	Tells whether or not this channel is open.

Methods declared in interface ReadableByteChannel

read

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`read(ByteBuffer dst)`	Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer.

Methods declared in interface WritableByteChannel

write

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`write(ByteBuffer src)`	Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer.

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