In the arguments for java.nio.ScatteringByteChannel/GatheringByteChannel,
there is a section in the offset:

---begin---
long read(ByteBuffer[] dsts,
          int offset,
          int length)

    offset - The offset within the buffer array of the first buffer
into which bytes are to be transferred; must be non-negative and no
larger than dsts.length
    length - The maximum number of buffers to be accessed; must be
non-negative and no larger than dsts.length - offset
---end---

Let's ignore the length parameter for a second. Shouldn't offset be
restricted to point to something that actually exists? If
array.length = 4, do you really want to try to read from array[4]?
This seems to be allowed by the spec. I read the spec's wording as
0 <= offset <= array.length.

I believe the offset description should read "dst.length - 1".

This exists in both Scatter and Gather.

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