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class:Pipe [NONE]


public abstract class Pipe
extends Object
A pair of channels that implements a unidirectional pipe.

A pipe consists of a pair of channels: A writable sink channel and a readable source channel. Once some bytes are written to the sink channel they can be read from the source channel in exactly the order in which they were written.

Whether or not a thread writing bytes to a pipe will block until another thread reads those bytes, or some previously-written bytes, from the pipe is system-dependent and therefore unspecified. Many pipe implementations will buffer up to a certain number of bytes between the sink and source channels, but such buffering should not be assumed.

Since:
1.4

constructor:Pipe() [NONE]

  • Pipe

    protected Pipe()
    Initializes a new instance of this class.

method:source() [NONE]

  • source

    public abstract  Pipe.SourceChannel source()
    Returns this pipe's source channel.
    Returns:
    This pipe's source channel
  • method:sink() [NONE]

    sink

    public abstract  Pipe.SinkChannel sink()
    Returns this pipe's sink channel.
    Returns:
    This pipe's sink channel

    method:open() [NONE]

    open

    public static  Pipe open() throws IOException
    Opens a pipe.

    The new pipe is created by invoking the openPipe method of the system-wide default SelectorProvider object.

    Returns:
    A new pipe
    Throws:
    IOException - If an I/O error occurs