1 /* 2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project 3 * 4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, 5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.jboss.netty.channel; 17 18 import java.io.IOException; 19 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; 20 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel; 21 22 import org.jboss.netty.util.ExternalResourceReleasable; 23 24 /** 25 * A region of a file that is sent via a {@link Channel} which supports 26 * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-copy">zero-copy file transfer</a>. 27 * 28 * <h3>Upgrade your JDK / JRE</h3> 29 * 30 * {@link FileChannel#transferTo(long, long, WritableByteChannel)} has at least 31 * four known bugs in the old versions of Sun JDK and perhaps its derived ones. 32 * Please upgrade your JDK to 1.6.0_18 or later version if you are going to use 33 * zero-copy file transfer. 34 * <ul> 35 * <li><a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5103988">5103988</a> 36 * - FileChannel.transferTo() should return -1 for EAGAIN instead throws IOException</li> 37 * <li><a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6253145">6253145</a> 38 * - FileChannel.transferTo() on Linux fails when going beyond 2GB boundary</li> 39 * <li><a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6427312">6427312</a> 40 * - FileChannel.transferTo() throws IOException "system call interrupted"</li> 41 * <li><a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6524172">6470086</a> 42 * - FileChannel.transferTo(2147483647, 1, channel) causes "Value too large" exception</li> 43 * </ul> 44 * 45 * <h3>Check your operating system and JDK / JRE</h3> 46 * 47 * If your operating system (or JDK / JRE) does not support zero-copy file 48 * transfer, sending a file with {@link FileRegion} might fail or yield worse 49 * performance. For example, sending a large file doesn't work well in Windows. 50 * 51 * <h3>Not all transports support it</h3> 52 * 53 * Currently, the NIO transport is the only transport that supports {@link FileRegion}. 54 * Attempting to write a {@link FileRegion} to non-NIO {@link Channel} will trigger 55 * a {@link ClassCastException} or a similar exception. 56 */ 57 public interface FileRegion extends ExternalResourceReleasable { 58 59 // FIXME Make sure all transports support writing a FileRegion 60 // Even if zero copy cannot be achieved, all transports should emulate it. 61 62 /** 63 * Returns the offset in the file where the transfer began. 64 */ 65 long getPosition(); 66 67 /** 68 * Returns the number of bytes to transfer. 69 */ 70 long getCount(); 71 72 /** 73 * Transfers the content of this file region to the specified channel. 74 * 75 * @param target the destination of the transfer 76 * @param position the relative offset of the file where the transfer 77 * begins from. For example, <tt>0</tt> will make the 78 * transfer start from {@link #getPosition()}th byte and 79 * <tt>{@link #getCount()} - 1</tt> will make the last 80 * byte of the region transferred. 81 */ 82 long transferTo(WritableByteChannel target, long position) throws IOException; 83 }