FileChannel: position()

abstract long position()
Returns this channel's file position.

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {
    RandomAccessFile randomAccessFile = new RandomAccessFile("test.dat", "r");

    randomAccessFile.seek(1000);

    FileChannel fileChannel = randomAccessFile.getChannel();

    // This will print "1000"
    System.out.println("file pos: " + fileChannel.position());

    randomAccessFile.seek(500);

    // This will print "500"
    System.out.println("file pos: " + fileChannel.position());

    fileChannel.position(200);

    // This will print "200"
    System.out.println("file pos: " + randomAccessFile.getFilePointer());
  }
}
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FileChannel:
  1. FileChannel
  2. FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE
  3. FileChannel: close()
  4. FileChannel: lock(long position, long size, boolean shared)
  5. FileChannel: map(MapMode mode, long position, long size)
  6. FileChannel: position()
  7. FileChannel: position(long newPosition)
  8. FileChannel: read(ByteBuffer dst)
  9. FileChannel: size()
  10. FileChannel: transferFrom(ReadableByteChannel src, long position, long count)
  11. FileChannel: transferTo(long position, long count, WritableByteChannel target)
  12. FileChannel: tryLock()
  13. FileChannel: write(MappedByteBuffer buffer)