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25 
26 package java.nio.channels;
27 
28 import java.io.IOException;
29 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
30 
31 
32 /**
33  * A channel that can write bytes.
34  *
35  * <p> Only one write operation upon a writable channel may be in progress at
36  * any given time.  If one thread initiates a write operation upon a channel
37  * then any other thread that attempts to initiate another write operation will
38  * block until the first operation is complete.  Whether or not other kinds of
39  * I/O operations may proceed concurrently with a write operation depends upon
40  * the type of the channel. </p>
41  *
42  *
43  * @author Mark Reinhold
44  * @author JSR-51 Expert Group
45  * @since 1.4
46  */
47 
48 public interface WritableByteChannel
49     extends Channel
50 {
51 
52     /**
53      * Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer.
54      *
55      * <p> An attempt is made to write up to <i>r</i> bytes to the channel,
56      * where <i>r</i> is the number of bytes remaining in the buffer, that is,
57      * <tt>src.remaining()</tt>, at the moment this method is invoked.
58      *
59      * <p> Suppose that a byte sequence of length <i>n</i> is written, where
60      * <tt>0</tt>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>r</i>.
61      * This byte sequence will be transferred from the buffer starting at index
62      * <i>p</i>, where <i>p</i> is the buffer's position at the moment this
63      * method is invoked; the index of the last byte written will be
64      * <i>p</i>&nbsp;<tt>+</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>-</tt>&nbsp;<tt>1</tt>.
65      * Upon return the buffer's position will be equal to
66      * <i>p</i>&nbsp;<tt>+</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>; its limit will not have changed.
67      *
68      * <p> Unless otherwise specified, a write operation will return only after
69      * writing all of the <i>r</i> requested bytes.  Some types of channels,
70      * depending upon their state, may write only some of the bytes or possibly
71      * none at all.  A socket channel in non-blocking mode, for example, cannot
72      * write any more bytes than are free in the socket's output buffer.
73      *
74      * <p> This method may be invoked at any time.  If another thread has
75      * already initiated a write operation upon this channel, however, then an
76      * invocation of this method will block until the first operation is
77      * complete. </p>
78      *
79      * @param  src
80      *         The buffer from which bytes are to be retrieved
81      *
82      * @return The number of bytes written, possibly zero
83      *
84      * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
85      *          If this channel was not opened for writing
86      *
87      * @throws  ClosedChannelException
88      *          If this channel is closed
89      *
90      * @throws  AsynchronousCloseException
91      *          If another thread closes this channel
92      *          while the write operation is in progress
93      *
94      * @throws  ClosedByInterruptException
95      *          If another thread interrupts the current thread
96      *          while the write operation is in progress, thereby
97      *          closing the channel and setting the current thread's
98      *          interrupt status
99      *
100      * @throws  IOException
101      *          If some other I/O error occurs
102      */
write(ByteBuffer src)103     public int write(ByteBuffer src) throws IOException;
104 
105 }
106