public
abstract
class
Pipe
extends Object
| java.lang.Object | |
| ↳ | java.nio.channels.Pipe |
A pair of channels that implements a unidirectional pipe.
A pipe consists of a pair of channels: A writable sink channel and a readable source channel. Once some bytes are
written to the sink channel they can be read from source channel in exactly
the order in which they were written.
Whether or not a thread writing bytes to a pipe will block until another thread reads those bytes, or some previously-written bytes, from the pipe is system-dependent and therefore unspecified. Many pipe implementations will buffer up to a certain number of bytes between the sink and source channels, but such buffering should not be assumed.
Nested classes | |
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class |
Pipe.SinkChannel
A channel representing the writable end of a |
class |
Pipe.SourceChannel
A channel representing the readable end of a |
Protected constructors | |
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Pipe()
Initializes a new instance of this class. |
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Public methods | |
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static
Pipe
|
open()
Opens a pipe. |
abstract
Pipe.SinkChannel
|
sink()
Returns this pipe's sink channel. |
abstract
Pipe.SourceChannel
|
source()
Returns this pipe's source channel. |
Inherited methods | |
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 From
class
java.lang.Object
| |
Pipe open ()
Opens a pipe.
The new pipe is created by invoking the openPipe method of the
system-wide default SelectorProvider
object.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
Pipe |
A new pipe |
| Throws | |
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IOException |
If an I/O error occurs |
Pipe.SinkChannel sink ()
Returns this pipe's sink channel.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
Pipe.SinkChannel |
This pipe's sink channel |
Pipe.SourceChannel source ()
Returns this pipe's source channel.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
Pipe.SourceChannel |
This pipe's source channel |
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