Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File file = new File("filename"); FileChannel roChannel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "r").getChannel(); ByteBuffer readonlybuffer = roChannel.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, (int) roChannel.size()); FileChannel rwChannel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel(); ByteBuffer writeonlybuffer = rwChannel.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, (int) rwChannel.size()); // Create a private (copy-on-write) memory-mapped file. FileChannel pvChannel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel(); ByteBuffer privatebuffer = roChannel.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0, (int) rwChannel.size()); } }