java.nio

Class CharBuffer

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Appendable, CharSequence, Comparable<CharBuffer>, Readable

    public abstract class CharBuffer
    extends Buffer
    implements Comparable<CharBuffer>, Appendable, CharSequence, Readable
    A char buffer.

    This class defines four categories of operations upon char buffers:

    • Absolute and relative get and put methods that read and write single chars;

    • Relative bulk get methods that transfer contiguous sequences of chars from this buffer into an array; and

    • Relative bulk put methods that transfer contiguous sequences of chars from a char array, a string, or some other char buffer into this buffer; and

    • Methods for compacting, duplicating, and slicing a char buffer.

    Char buffers can be created either by allocation, which allocates space for the buffer's content, by wrapping an existing char array or string into a buffer, or by creating a view of an existing byte buffer.

    Like a byte buffer, a char buffer is either direct or non-direct. A char buffer created via the wrap methods of this class will be non-direct. A char buffer created as a view of a byte buffer will be direct if, and only if, the byte buffer itself is direct. Whether or not a char buffer is direct may be determined by invoking the isDirect method.

    This class implements the CharSequence interface so that character buffers may be used wherever character sequences are accepted, for example in the regular-expression package java.util.regex.

    Methods in this class that do not otherwise have a value to return are specified to return the buffer upon which they are invoked. This allows method invocations to be chained. The sequence of statements

     cb.put("text/");
     cb.put(subtype);
     cb.put("; charset=");
     cb.put(enc);
    can, for example, be replaced by the single statement
     cb.put("text/").put(subtype).put("; charset=").put(enc);
    Since:
    1.4
    • Method Detail

      • allocate

        public static CharBuffer allocate(int capacity)
        Allocates a new char buffer.

        The new buffer's position will be zero, its limit will be its capacity, its mark will be undefined, and each of its elements will be initialized to zero. It will have a backing array, and its array offset will be zero.

        Parameters:
        capacity - The new buffer's capacity, in chars
        Returns:
        The new char buffer
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - If the capacity is a negative integer
      • wrap

        public static CharBuffer wrap(char[] array,
                      int offset,
                      int length)
        Wraps a char array into a buffer.

        The new buffer will be backed by the given char array; that is, modifications to the buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new buffer's capacity will be array.length, its position will be offset, its limit will be offset + length, and its mark will be undefined. Its backing array will be the given array, and its array offset will be zero.

        Parameters:
        array - The array that will back the new buffer
        offset - The offset of the subarray to be used; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length. The new buffer's position will be set to this value.
        length - The length of the subarray to be used; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length - offset. The new buffer's limit will be set to offset + length.
        Returns:
        The new char buffer
        Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the offset and length parameters do not hold
      • wrap

        public static CharBuffer wrap(char[] array)
        Wraps a char array into a buffer.

        The new buffer will be backed by the given char array; that is, modifications to the buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new buffer's capacity and limit will be array.length, its position will be zero, and its mark will be undefined. Its backing array will be the given array, and its array offset will be zero.

        Parameters:
        array - The array that will back this buffer
        Returns:
        The new char buffer
      • read

        public int read(CharBuffer target)
                 throws IOException
        Attempts to read characters into the specified character buffer. The buffer is used as a repository of characters as-is: the only changes made are the results of a put operation. No flipping or rewinding of the buffer is performed.
        Specified by:
        read in interface Readable
        Parameters:
        target - the buffer to read characters into
        Returns:
        The number of characters added to the buffer, or -1 if this source of characters is at its end
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error occurs
        NullPointerException - if target is null
        ReadOnlyBufferException - if target is a read only buffer
        Since:
        1.5
      • wrap

        public static CharBuffer wrap(CharSequence csq,
                      int start,
                      int end)
        Wraps a character sequence into a buffer.

        The content of the new, read-only buffer will be the content of the given character sequence. The buffer's capacity will be csq.length(), its position will be start, its limit will be end, and its mark will be undefined.

        Parameters:
        csq - The character sequence from which the new character buffer is to be created
        start - The index of the first character to be used; must be non-negative and no larger than csq.length(). The new buffer's position will be set to this value.
        end - The index of the character following the last character to be used; must be no smaller than start and no larger than csq.length(). The new buffer's limit will be set to this value.
        Returns:
        The new character buffer
        Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the start and end parameters do not hold
      • wrap

        public static CharBuffer wrap(CharSequence csq)
        Wraps a character sequence into a buffer.

        The content of the new, read-only buffer will be the content of the given character sequence. The new buffer's capacity and limit will be csq.length(), its position will be zero, and its mark will be undefined.

        Parameters:
        csq - The character sequence from which the new character buffer is to be created
        Returns:
        The new character buffer
      • slice

        public abstract CharBuffer slice()
        Creates a new char buffer whose content is a shared subsequence of this buffer's content.

        The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.

        The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be the number of chars remaining in this buffer, and its mark will be undefined. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.

        Returns:
        The new char buffer
      • duplicate

        public abstract CharBuffer duplicate()
        Creates a new char buffer that shares this buffer's content.

        The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.

        The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical to those of this buffer. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.

        Returns:
        The new char buffer
      • asReadOnlyBuffer

        public abstract CharBuffer asReadOnlyBuffer()
        Creates a new, read-only char buffer that shares this buffer's content.

        The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer; the new buffer itself, however, will be read-only and will not allow the shared content to be modified. The two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.

        The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical to those of this buffer.

        If this buffer is itself read-only then this method behaves in exactly the same way as the duplicate method.

        Returns:
        The new, read-only char buffer
      • get

        public abstract char get()
        Relative get method. Reads the char at this buffer's current position, and then increments the position.

        Returns:
        The char at the buffer's current position
        Throws:
        BufferUnderflowException - If the buffer's current position is not smaller than its limit
      • put

        public abstract CharBuffer put(char c)
        Relative put method  (optional operation).

        Writes the given char into this buffer at the current position, and then increments the position.

        Parameters:
        c - The char to be written
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If this buffer's current position is not smaller than its limit
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • get

        public abstract char get(int index)
        Absolute get method. Reads the char at the given index.

        Parameters:
        index - The index from which the char will be read
        Returns:
        The char at the given index
        Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is negative or not smaller than the buffer's limit
      • put

        public abstract CharBuffer put(int index,
                     char c)
        Absolute put method  (optional operation).

        Writes the given char into this buffer at the given index.

        Parameters:
        index - The index at which the char will be written
        c - The char value to be written
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is negative or not smaller than the buffer's limit
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • get

        public CharBuffer get(char[] dst,
                     int offset,
                     int length)
        Relative bulk get method.

        This method transfers chars from this buffer into the given destination array. If there are fewer chars remaining in the buffer than are required to satisfy the request, that is, if length > remaining(), then no chars are transferred and a BufferUnderflowException is thrown.

        Otherwise, this method copies length chars from this buffer into the given array, starting at the current position of this buffer and at the given offset in the array. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.

        In other words, an invocation of this method of the form src.get(dst, off, len) has exactly the same effect as the loop

             for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++)
                 dst[i] = src.get(); 
        except that it first checks that there are sufficient chars in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.

        Parameters:
        dst - The array into which chars are to be written
        offset - The offset within the array of the first char to be written; must be non-negative and no larger than dst.length
        length - The maximum number of chars to be written to the given array; must be non-negative and no larger than dst.length - offset
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length chars remaining in this buffer
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the offset and length parameters do not hold
      • get

        public CharBuffer get(char[] dst)
        Relative bulk get method.

        This method transfers chars from this buffer into the given destination array. An invocation of this method of the form src.get(a) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

             src.get(a, 0, a.length) 
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length chars remaining in this buffer
      • put

        public CharBuffer put(CharBuffer src)
        Relative bulk put method  (optional operation).

        This method transfers the chars remaining in the given source buffer into this buffer. If there are more chars remaining in the source buffer than in this buffer, that is, if src.remaining() > remaining(), then no chars are transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.

        Otherwise, this method copies n = src.remaining() chars from the given buffer into this buffer, starting at each buffer's current position. The positions of both buffers are then incremented by n.

        In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src) has exactly the same effect as the loop

             while (src.hasRemaining())
                 dst.put(src.get()); 
        except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.

        Parameters:
        src - The source buffer from which chars are to be read; must not be this buffer
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer for the remaining chars in the source buffer
        IllegalArgumentException - If the source buffer is this buffer
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • put

        public CharBuffer put(char[] src,
                     int offset,
                     int length)
        Relative bulk put method  (optional operation).

        This method transfers chars into this buffer from the given source array. If there are more chars to be copied from the array than remain in this buffer, that is, if length > remaining(), then no chars are transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.

        Otherwise, this method copies length chars from the given array into this buffer, starting at the given offset in the array and at the current position of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.

        In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src, off, len) has exactly the same effect as the loop

             for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++)
                 dst.put(a[i]); 
        except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.

        Parameters:
        src - The array from which chars are to be read
        offset - The offset within the array of the first char to be read; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length
        length - The number of chars to be read from the given array; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length - offset
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the offset and length parameters do not hold
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • put

        public final CharBuffer put(char[] src)
        Relative bulk put method  (optional operation).

        This method transfers the entire content of the given source char array into this buffer. An invocation of this method of the form dst.put(a) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

             dst.put(a, 0, a.length) 
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • put

        public CharBuffer put(String src,
                     int start,
                     int end)
        Relative bulk put method  (optional operation).

        This method transfers chars from the given string into this buffer. If there are more chars to be copied from the string than remain in this buffer, that is, if end - start > remaining(), then no chars are transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.

        Otherwise, this method copies n = end - start chars from the given string into this buffer, starting at the given start index and at the current position of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by n.

        In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src, start, end) has exactly the same effect as the loop

             for (int i = start; i < end; i++)
                 dst.put(src.charAt(i)); 
        except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.

        Parameters:
        src - The string from which chars are to be read
        start - The offset within the string of the first char to be read; must be non-negative and no larger than string.length()
        end - The offset within the string of the last char to be read, plus one; must be non-negative and no larger than string.length()
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the start and end parameters do not hold
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • put

        public final CharBuffer put(String src)
        Relative bulk put method  (optional operation).

        This method transfers the entire content of the given source string into this buffer. An invocation of this method of the form dst.put(s) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

             dst.put(s, 0, s.length()) 
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • hasArray

        public final boolean hasArray()
        Tells whether or not this buffer is backed by an accessible char array.

        If this method returns true then the array and arrayOffset methods may safely be invoked.

        Specified by:
        hasArray in class Buffer
        Returns:
        true if, and only if, this buffer is backed by an array and is not read-only
      • array

        public final char[] array()
        Returns the char array that backs this buffer  (optional operation).

        Modifications to this buffer's content will cause the returned array's content to be modified, and vice versa.

        Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure that this buffer has an accessible backing array.

        Specified by:
        array in class Buffer
        Returns:
        The array that backs this buffer
        Throws:
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but is read-only
        UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an accessible array
      • arrayOffset

        public final int arrayOffset()
        Returns the offset within this buffer's backing array of the first element of the buffer  (optional operation).

        If this buffer is backed by an array then buffer position p corresponds to array index p + arrayOffset().

        Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure that this buffer has an accessible backing array.

        Specified by:
        arrayOffset in class Buffer
        Returns:
        The offset within this buffer's array of the first element of the buffer
        Throws:
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but is read-only
        UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an accessible array
      • compact

        public abstract CharBuffer compact()
        Compacts this buffer  (optional operation).

        The chars between the buffer's current position and its limit, if any, are copied to the beginning of the buffer. That is, the char at index p = position() is copied to index zero, the char at index p + 1 is copied to index one, and so forth until the char at index limit() - 1 is copied to index n = limit() - 1 - p. The buffer's position is then set to n+1 and its limit is set to its capacity. The mark, if defined, is discarded.

        The buffer's position is set to the number of chars copied, rather than to zero, so that an invocation of this method can be followed immediately by an invocation of another relative put method.

        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
      • isDirect

        public abstract boolean isDirect()
        Tells whether or not this char buffer is direct.

        Specified by:
        isDirect in class Buffer
        Returns:
        true if, and only if, this buffer is direct
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Returns the current hash code of this buffer.

        The hash code of a char buffer depends only upon its remaining elements; that is, upon the elements from position() up to, and including, the element at limit() - 1.

        Because buffer hash codes are content-dependent, it is inadvisable to use buffers as keys in hash maps or similar data structures unless it is known that their contents will not change.

        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
        Returns:
        The current hash code of this buffer
        See Also:
        Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
      • equals

        public boolean equals(Object ob)
        Tells whether or not this buffer is equal to another object.

        Two char buffers are equal if, and only if,

        1. They have the same element type,

        2. They have the same number of remaining elements, and

        3. The two sequences of remaining elements, considered independently of their starting positions, are pointwise equal.

        A char buffer is not equal to any other type of object.

        Overrides:
        equals in class Object
        Parameters:
        ob - The object to which this buffer is to be compared
        Returns:
        true if, and only if, this buffer is equal to the given object
        See Also:
        Object.hashCode(), HashMap
      • compareTo

        public int compareTo(CharBuffer that)
        Compares this buffer to another.

        Two char buffers are compared by comparing their sequences of remaining elements lexicographically, without regard to the starting position of each sequence within its corresponding buffer. Pairs of char elements are compared as if by invoking Character.compare(char,char).

        A char buffer is not comparable to any other type of object.

        Specified by:
        compareTo in interface Comparable<CharBuffer>
        Parameters:
        that - the object to be compared.
        Returns:
        A negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this buffer is less than, equal to, or greater than the given buffer
      • toString

        public String toString()
        Returns a string containing the characters in this buffer.

        The first character of the resulting string will be the character at this buffer's position, while the last character will be the character at index limit() - 1. Invoking this method does not change the buffer's position.

        Specified by:
        toString in interface CharSequence
        Overrides:
        toString in class Object
        Returns:
        The specified string
      • length

        public final int length()
        Returns the length of this character buffer.

        When viewed as a character sequence, the length of a character buffer is simply the number of characters between the position (inclusive) and the limit (exclusive); that is, it is equivalent to remaining().

        Specified by:
        length in interface CharSequence
        Returns:
        The length of this character buffer
      • charAt

        public final char charAt(int index)
        Reads the character at the given index relative to the current position.

        Specified by:
        charAt in interface CharSequence
        Parameters:
        index - The index of the character to be read, relative to the position; must be non-negative and smaller than remaining()
        Returns:
        The character at index position() + index
        Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on index do not hold
      • subSequence

        public abstract CharBuffer subSequence(int start,
                             int end)
        Creates a new character buffer that represents the specified subsequence of this buffer, relative to the current position.

        The new buffer will share this buffer's content; that is, if the content of this buffer is mutable then modifications to one buffer will cause the other to be modified. The new buffer's capacity will be that of this buffer, its position will be position() + start, and its limit will be position() + end. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.

        Specified by:
        subSequence in interface CharSequence
        Parameters:
        start - The index, relative to the current position, of the first character in the subsequence; must be non-negative and no larger than remaining()
        end - The index, relative to the current position, of the character following the last character in the subsequence; must be no smaller than start and no larger than remaining()
        Returns:
        The new character buffer
        Throws:
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on start and end do not hold
      • append

        public CharBuffer append(CharSequence csq)
        Appends the specified character sequence to this buffer  (optional operation).

        An invocation of this method of the form dst.append(csq) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

             dst.put(csq.toString()) 

        Depending on the specification of toString for the character sequence csq, the entire sequence may not be appended. For instance, invoking the toString method of a character buffer will return a subsequence whose content depends upon the buffer's position and limit.

        Specified by:
        append in interface Appendable
        Parameters:
        csq - The character sequence to append. If csq is null, then the four characters "null" are appended to this character buffer.
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
        Since:
        1.5
      • append

        public CharBuffer append(CharSequence csq,
                        int start,
                        int end)
        Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this buffer  (optional operation).

        An invocation of this method of the form dst.append(csq, start, end) when csq is not null, behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

             dst.put(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString()) 
        Specified by:
        append in interface Appendable
        Parameters:
        csq - The character sequence from which a subsequence will be appended. If csq is null, then characters will be appended as if csq contained the four characters "null".
        start - The index of the first character in the subsequence
        end - The index of the character following the last character in the subsequence
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        IndexOutOfBoundsException - If start or end are negative, start is greater than end, or end is greater than csq.length()
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
        Since:
        1.5
      • append

        public CharBuffer append(char c)
        Appends the specified char to this buffer  (optional operation).

        An invocation of this method of the form dst.append(c) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation

             dst.put(c) 
        Specified by:
        append in interface Appendable
        Parameters:
        c - The 16-bit char to append
        Returns:
        This buffer
        Throws:
        BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
        ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
        Since:
        1.5
      • order

        public abstract ByteOrder order()
        Retrieves this buffer's byte order.

        The byte order of a char buffer created by allocation or by wrapping an existing char array is the native order of the underlying hardware. The byte order of a char buffer created as a view of a byte buffer is that of the byte buffer at the moment that the view is created.

        Returns:
        This buffer's byte order

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