Here you can find the source of expandBuffer(ByteBuffer existingBuffer, int additionalRequired)
public static ByteBuffer expandBuffer(ByteBuffer existingBuffer, int additionalRequired)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w. j a v a2 s. co m * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Kaazing Corporation. All rights reserved. * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.nio.ByteBuffer; public class Main { public static ByteBuffer expandBuffer(ByteBuffer existingBuffer, int additionalRequired) { int pos = existingBuffer.position(); if ((pos + additionalRequired) > existingBuffer.limit()) { if ((pos + additionalRequired) < existingBuffer.capacity()) { existingBuffer.limit(pos + additionalRequired); } else { // reallocate the underlying byte buffer and keep the original buffer // intact. The resetting of the position is required because, one // could be in the middle of a read of an existing buffer, when they // decide to over write only few bytes but still keep the remaining // part of the buffer unchanged. int newCapacity = existingBuffer.capacity() + additionalRequired; java.nio.ByteBuffer newBuffer = java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocate(newCapacity); existingBuffer.flip(); newBuffer.put(existingBuffer); return newBuffer; } } return existingBuffer; } }