Java tutorial
import java.nio.Buffer; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.ByteOrder; import java.nio.CharBuffer; /** * Test asCharBuffer view. */ public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(7).order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN); CharBuffer charBuffer = byteBuffer.asCharBuffer(); byteBuffer.put(0, (byte) 0); byteBuffer.put(1, (byte) 'H'); byteBuffer.put(2, (byte) 0); byteBuffer.put(3, (byte) 'i'); byteBuffer.put(4, (byte) 0); byteBuffer.put(5, (byte) '!'); byteBuffer.put(6, (byte) 0); println(byteBuffer); println(charBuffer); // now slice it differently byteBuffer.position(4); charBuffer = byteBuffer.asCharBuffer(); println(byteBuffer); println(charBuffer); } // Print info about a buffer private static void println(Buffer buffer) { System.out.println("pos=" + buffer.position() + ", limit=" + buffer.limit() + ", capacity=" + buffer.capacity() + ": '" + buffer.toString() + "'"); } }