Re: java -nio- reading a file- whats wrong with this
On Feb 2, 12:32 pm, "Craig" <craigsb...@gmail.com> wrote:
java.io.FileInputStream zipStream = new java.io.FileInputStream
(path);
File file=new File(path);
System.out.println(file.length());
FileChannel fc= zipStream.getChannel();
ByteBuffer buffer=ByteBuffer.allocate((int)file.length());
buffer.clear();
System.out.println(buffer.capacity());
fc.read(buffer);
fc.close();
zipStream.close();
byte[] b=new byte[buffer.capacity()];
System.out.println(b.length);
buffer.get(b,0,b.length);
return b;
I am getting a BufferUnderflowException when I do buffer.get(b);
I don't know why this is wrong because all the three print statements
gives the same value: 9932
The second question I have is,how can I avoid int casting when I do
bytebuffer.allocate. I am concerned about handling larger files.
Kindly Reply.
Thanks,
Craig
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cassettes. "Be kind, please rewind"
<sscce>
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
public class TestNIO {
public static void main(String...args) throws Exception {
final File file = new File("test.dat");
final FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(file);
final FileChannel channel = input.getChannel();
final ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate((int)
file.length());
channel.read(byteBuffer);
channel.close();
input.close();
final byte[] bytes = new byte[byteBuffer.capacity()];
byteBuffer.rewind();
byteBuffer.get(bytes);
}
}
</sscce>
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