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 * https://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 io.netty.channel; 17 18 import io.netty.util.ReferenceCounted; 19 20 import java.io.IOException; 21 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; 22 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel; 23 24 /** 25 * A region of a file that is sent via a {@link Channel} which supports 26 * <a href="https://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="https://bugs.java.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="https://bugs.java.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="https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6427312">6427312</a> 40 * - FileChannel.transferTo() throws IOException "system call interrupted"</li> 41 * <li><a href="https://bugs.java.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 public interface FileRegion extends ReferenceCounted { 54 55 /** 56 * Returns the offset in the file where the transfer began. 57 */ 58 long position(); 59 60 /** 61 * Returns the bytes which was transferred already. 62 * 63 * @deprecated Use {@link #transferred()} instead. 64 */ 65 @Deprecated 66 long transfered(); 67 68 /** 69 * Returns the bytes which was transferred already. 70 */ 71 long transferred(); 72 73 /** 74 * Returns the number of bytes to transfer. 75 */ 76 long count(); 77 78 /** 79 * Transfers the content of this file region to the specified channel. 80 * 81 * @param target the destination of the transfer 82 * @param position the relative offset of the file where the transfer 83 * begins from. For example, <tt>0</tt> will make the 84 * transfer start from {@link #position()}th byte and 85 * <tt>{@link #count()} - 1</tt> will make the last 86 * byte of the region transferred. 87 */ 88 long transferTo(WritableByteChannel target, long position) throws IOException; 89 90 @Override 91 FileRegion retain(); 92 93 @Override 94 FileRegion retain(int increment); 95 96 @Override 97 FileRegion touch(); 98 99 @Override 100 FileRegion touch(Object hint); 101 }