Name: js151677 Date: 07/06/2004


A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
it would be nice is there was a method signature:

ByteBuffer slice(int position, int length)

that would allow the user to create a (sub)view of a larger byte buffer,
this is especially useful for record management types of applications

JUSTIFICATION :
for record management styles of applications it would be invaluable to
be able to overlay a ByteBuffer over a larger ByteBuffer that contains
a set of records, mapping the view onto the bounds of a particular
record.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
as with the existing slice(); with additional semantics of starting at
specified position, for length bytes with appropriate overflow/underlfow
semantics
ACTUAL -
see above

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
none that I can see!
(Incident Review ID: 282349)
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We'd also like to request "absolute" versions of the bulk put(byte[] ...) & get (byte[] ...)
methods while we are at it!

:D


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