Here you can find the source of compact(ByteBuffer buffer)
public static void compact(ByteBuffer buffer)
//package com.java2s; /*// ww w .ja va2 s.com * JLibs: Common Utilities for Java * Copyright (C) 2009 Santhosh Kumar T <santhosh.tekuri@gmail.com> * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. */ import java.nio.ByteBuffer; public class Main { public static void compact(ByteBuffer buffer) { if (buffer.hasRemaining()) { if (buffer.position() == 0) { buffer.position(buffer.remaining()); buffer.limit(buffer.capacity()); } else buffer.compact(); } else buffer.clear(); } }