java.nio.channels
public abstract class
public abstract class
java.nio.channels.Pipe
| java.lang.Object | ||
| java.nio.channels.Pipe | ||
A pipe contains two channels. One is the writable sink channel and the other is readable source channel. When bytes are written into the writable channel they can be read from readable channel. The order of these bytes remains unchanged.
Nested Classes
| Pipe.SinkChannel | Writable sink channel for writing into. |
| Pipe.SourceChannel | Readable source channel for reading from. |
Summary
Protected Constructors
| Pipe() | |||||
| The protected constructor. | |||||
Public Methods
| static | Pipe | open() | |||
| Initializes a pipe. | |||||
| abstract | SinkChannel | sink() | |||
| Returns the sink channel of the pipe. | |||||
| abstract | SourceChannel | source() | |||
| Returns the source channel of the pipe. | |||||
Methods inherited
from class
java.lang.Object
Details
Protected Constructors
protected Pipe()
The protected constructor.
Public Methods
public static Pipe open()
Initializes a pipe.
Returns
- a new instance of pipe
Throws
| IOException | if I/O error occurs |
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public abstract SinkChannel sink()
Returns the sink channel of the pipe.
Returns
- a writable sink channel of the pipe
public abstract SourceChannel source()
Returns the source channel of the pipe.
Returns
- a readable source channel of the pipe