Java tutorial
// : c12:MappedReader.java // What happens when the entire file // isn't in your mapping region? // {ThrowsException} // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MappedReader { private static final int LENGTH = 100; // Small public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { if (args.length != 1) { System.out.println("argument: sourcefile"); System.exit(1); } MappedByteBuffer in = new FileInputStream(args[0]).getChannel().map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, LENGTH); int i = 0; while (i < LENGTH) System.out.print((char) in.get(i++)); System.out.println((char) in.get(i++)); } } ///:~