offsets in a FileChannel ...

[qwertmonkey]

... You would have to create more complex code if you want to align char
position and byte position.
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but then why do they have a:
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docs/api/java/nio/channels/FileChannel.html#position()
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in the API? How/What is it used for?
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If you read the FileChannel.position() as you read off the chars from the
CharBuffer you always get 0 (as if the offset pointer in the underlying
FileChannel would not advance)
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I am using:
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$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_11"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)
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lbrtchx

 

[Robert Klemme]

position and byte position.
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but then why do they have a:
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docs/api/java/nio/channels/FileChannel.html#position()
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in the API? How/What is it used for?
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/channels/FileChannel.html#position()

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If you read the FileChannel.position() as you read off the chars from the
CharBuffer you always get 0 (as if the offset pointer in the underlying
FileChannel would not advance)

Probably because you are not reading through the channel but mapping the
file into memory.

Please stop ripping your posting threads apart. Thank you.

robert