public abstract class Pipe extends Object
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 the 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.
Modifier and Type | Class | Description |
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static class |
Pipe.SinkChannel |
A channel representing the writable end of a Pipe . |
static class |
Pipe.SourceChannel |
A channel representing the readable end of a Pipe . |
Modifier | Constructor | Description |
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protected |
Initializes a new instance of this class. |
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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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. |
protected Pipe()
public abstract Pipe.SourceChannel source()
public abstract Pipe.SinkChannel sink()
public static Pipe open() throws IOException
The new pipe is created by invoking the openPipe
method of the system-wide default SelectorProvider
object.
IOException
- If an I/O error occurs
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