java.nio.channels

Interface ReadableByteChannel

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Channel, Closeable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ByteChannel, ScatteringByteChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatagramChannel, FileChannel, Pipe.SourceChannel, SocketChannel

public interface ReadableByteChannel
extends Channel

Method Summary

Methods

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

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

close, isOpen

Method Detail

read

int read(ByteBuffer dst)
         throws IOException

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

Parameters:

dst - the buffer to put the read data into

Returns:

the numer of bytes read

Throws:

AsynchronousCloseException - If another thread closes this channel while the read operation is in progress

ClosedByInterruptException - If another thread interrupts the current thread while the read operation is in progress, thereby closing the channel and setting the current thread's interrupt status

ClosedChannelException - If this channel is closed

IOException - If an error occurs

NonReadableChannelException - If this channel was not opened for reading