Java tutorial
import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.AsynchronousFileChannel; import java.nio.channels.CompletionHandler; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption; import java.util.EnumSet; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService; import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; public class Test { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { ExecutorService pool = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(3); AsynchronousFileChannel fileChannel = AsynchronousFileChannel.open(Paths.get("data.txt"), EnumSet.of(StandardOpenOption.READ), pool); CompletionHandler<Integer, ByteBuffer> handler = new CompletionHandler<Integer, ByteBuffer>() { public synchronized void completed(Integer result, ByteBuffer attachment) { for (int i = 0; i < attachment.limit(); i++) { System.out.print((char) attachment.get(i)); } } public void failed(Throwable e, ByteBuffer attachment) { } }; final int bufferCount = 5; ByteBuffer buffers[] = new ByteBuffer[bufferCount]; for (int i = 0; i < bufferCount; i++) { buffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocate(10); fileChannel.read(buffers[i], i * 10, buffers[i], handler); } pool.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS); for (ByteBuffer byteBuffer : buffers) { for (int i = 0; i < byteBuffer.limit(); i++) { System.out.println((char) byteBuffer.get(i)); } } } }