AsynchronousFileChannel.java

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package java.nio.channels;

import java.nio.file.*;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute;
import java.nio.file.spi.*;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Collections;

/**
 * An asynchronous channel for reading, writing, and manipulating a file.
 *
 * <p> An asynchronous file channel is created when a file is opened by invoking
 * one of the {@link #open open} methods defined by this class. The file contains
 * a variable-length sequence of bytes that can be read and written and whose
 * current size can be {@link #size() queried}. The size of the file increases
 * when bytes are written beyond its  current size; the size of the file decreases
 * when it is {@link #truncate truncated}.
 *
 * <p> An asynchronous file channel does not have a <i>current position</i>
 * within the file. Instead, the file position is specified to each read and
 * write methd that initiate asynchronous operations. A {@link CompletionHandler}
 * is specified as a parameter and is invoked to consume the result of the I/O
 * operation. This class also defines read and write methods that initiate
 * asynchronous operations, returning a {@link Future} to represent the pending
 * result of the operation. The {@code Future} may be used to check if the
 * operation has completed, wait for its completion, and retrieve the result.
 *
 * <p> In addition to read and write operations, this class defines the
 * following operations: </p>
 *
 * <ul>
 *
 *   <li><p> Updates made to a file may be {@link #force <i>forced
 *   out</i>} to the underlying storage device, ensuring that data are not
 *   lost in the event of a system crash.  </p></li>
 *
 *   <li><p> A region of a file may be {@link #lock <i>locked</i>} against
 *   access by other programs.  </p></li>
 *
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p> An {@code AsynchronousFileChannel} is associated with a thread pool to
 * which tasks are submitted to handle I/O events and dispatch to completion
 * handlers that consume the results of I/O operations on the channel. The
 * completion handler for an I/O operation initiated on a channel is guaranteed
 * to be invoked by one threads in the thread pool (This ensures that the
 * completion handler is run by a thread with the expected <em>identity</em>).
 * Where an I/O operation completes immediately, and the initiating thread is
 * itself a thread in the thread pool, then the completion handler may be invoked
 * directly by the initiating thread. When an {@code AsynchronousFileChannel} is
 * created without specifying a thread pool then the channel is associated with
 * a system-dependent default thread pool that may be shared with other
 * channels. The default thread pool is configured by the system properties
 * defined by the {@link AsynchronousChannelGroup} class.
 *
 * <p> Channels of this type are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads. The
 * {@link Channel#close close} method may be invoked at any time, as specified
 * by the {@link Channel} interface. This causes all outstanding asynchronous
 * operations on the channel to complete with the exception {@link
 * AsynchronousCloseException}. Multiple read and write operations may be
 * outstanding at the same time. When multiple read and write operations are
 * outstanding then the ordering of the I/O operations, and the order that the
 * completion handlers are invoked, is not specified; they are not, in particular,
 * guaranteed to execute in the order that the operations were initiated. The
 * {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer ByteBuffers} used when reading or writing are not
 * safe for use by multiple concurrent I/O operations. Furthermore, after an I/O
 * operation is initiated then care should be taken to ensure that the buffer is
 * not accessed until after the operation has completed.
 *
 * <p> As with {@link FileChannel}, the view of a file provided by an instance of
 * this class is guaranteed to be consistent with other views of the same file
 * provided by other instances in the same program.  The view provided by an
 * instance of this class may or may not, however, be consistent with the views
 * seen by other concurrently-running programs due to caching performed by the
 * underlying operating system and delays induced by network-filesystem protocols.
 * This is true regardless of the language in which these other programs are
 * written, and whether they are running on the same machine or on some other
 * machine.  The exact nature of any such inconsistencies are system-dependent
 * and are therefore unspecified.
 *
 * @since 1.7
 */

public abstract class AsynchronousFileChannel
    implements AsynchronousChannel
{
    /**
     * Initializes a new instance of this class.
     */
    protected AsynchronousFileChannel() {
    }

    /**
     * Opens or creates a file for reading and/or writing, returning an
     * asynchronous file channel to access the file.
     *
     * <p> The {@code options} parameter determines how the file is opened.
     * The {@link StandardOpenOption#READ READ} and {@link StandardOpenOption#WRITE
     * WRITE} options determines if the file should be opened for reading and/or
     * writing. If neither option is contained in the array then an existing file
     * is opened for  reading.
     *
     * <p> In addition to {@code READ} and {@code WRITE}, the following options
     * may be present:
     *
     * <table border=1 cellpadding=5 summary="">
     * <tr> <th>Option</th> <th>Description</th> </tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td> {@link StandardOpenOption#TRUNCATE_EXISTING TRUNCATE_EXISTING} </td>
     *   <td> When opening an existing file, the file is first truncated to a
     *   size of 0 bytes. This option is ignored when the file is opened only
     *   for reading.</td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td> {@link StandardOpenOption#CREATE_NEW CREATE_NEW} </td>
     *   <td> If this option is present then a new file is created, failing if
     *   the file already exists. When creating a file the check for the
     *   existence of the file and the creation of the file if it does not exist
     *   is atomic with respect to other file system operations. This option is
     *   ignored when the file is opened only for reading. </td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td > {@link StandardOpenOption#CREATE CREATE} </td>
     *   <td> If this option is present then an existing file is opened if it
     *   exists, otherwise a new file is created. When creating a file the check
     *   for the existence of the file and the creation of the file if it does
     *   not exist is atomic with respect to other file system operations. This
     *   option is ignored if the {@code CREATE_NEW} option is also present or
     *   the file is opened only for reading. </td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td > {@link StandardOpenOption#DELETE_ON_CLOSE DELETE_ON_CLOSE} </td>
     *   <td> When this option is present then the implementation makes a
     *   <em>best effort</em> attempt to delete the file when closed by the
     *   the {@link #close close} method. If the {@code close} method is not
     *   invoked then a <em>best effort</em> attempt is made to delete the file
     *   when the Java virtual machine terminates. </td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td>{@link StandardOpenOption#SPARSE SPARSE} </td>
     *   <td> When creating a new file this option is a <em>hint</em> that the
     *   new file will be sparse. This option is ignored when not creating
     *   a new file. </td>
     * </tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td> {@link StandardOpenOption#SYNC SYNC} </td>
     *   <td> Requires that every update to the file's content or metadata be
     *   written synchronously to the underlying storage device. (see <a
     *   href="../file/package-summary.html#integrity"> Synchronized I/O file
     *   integrity</a>). </td>
     * <tr>
     * <tr>
     *   <td> {@link StandardOpenOption#DSYNC DSYNC} </td>
     *   <td> Requires that every update to the file's content be written
     *   synchronously to the underlying storage device. (see <a
     *   href="../file/package-summary.html#integrity"> Synchronized I/O file
     *   integrity</a>). </td>
     * </tr>
     * </table>
     *
     * <p> An implementation may also support additional options.
     *
     * <p> The {@code executor} parameter is the {@link ExecutorService} to
     * which tasks are submitted to handle I/O events and dispatch completion
     * results for operations initiated on resulting channel.
     * The nature of these tasks is highly implementation specific and so care
     * should be taken when configuring the {@code Executor}. Minimally it
     * should support an unbounded work queue and should not run tasks on the
     * caller thread of the {@link ExecutorService#execute execute} method.
     * Shutting down the executor service while the channel is open results in
     * unspecified behavior.
     *
     * <p> The {@code attrs} parameter is an optional array of file {@link
     * FileAttribute file-attributes} to set atomically when creating the file.
     *
     * <p> The new channel is created by invoking the {@link
     * FileSystemProvider#newFileChannel newFileChannel} method on the
     * provider that created the {@code Path}.
     *
     * @param   file
     *          The path of the file to open or create
     * @param   options
     *          Options specifying how the file is opened
     * @param   executor
     *          The thread pool or {@code null} to associate the channel with
     *          the default thread pool
     * @param   attrs
     *          An optional list of file attributes to set atomically when
     *          creating the file
     *
     * @return  A new asynchronous file channel
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the set contains an invalid combination of options
     * @throws  UnsupportedOperationException
     *          If the {@code file} is associated with a provider that does not
     *          support creating asynchronous file channels, or an unsupported
     *          open option is specified, or the array contains an attribute that
     *          cannot be set atomically when creating the file
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If an I/O error occurs
     * @throws  SecurityException
     *          If a security manager is installed and it denies an
     *          unspecified permission required by the implementation.
     *          In the case of the default provider, the {@link
     *          SecurityManager#checkRead(String)} method is invoked to check
     *          read access if the file is opened for reading. The {@link
     *          SecurityManager#checkWrite(String)} method is invoked to check
     *          write access if the file is opened for writing
     */
    public static AsynchronousFileChannel open(Path file,
                                               Set<? extends OpenOption> options,
                                               ExecutorService executor,
                                               FileAttribute<?>... attrs)
        throws IOException
    {
        FileSystemProvider provider = file.getFileSystem().provider();
        return provider.newAsynchronousFileChannel(file, options, executor, attrs);
    }

    private static final FileAttribute<?>[] NO_ATTRIBUTES = new FileAttribute[0];

    /**
     * Opens or creates a file for reading and/or writing, returning an
     * asynchronous file channel to access the file.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the same way as the
     * invocation
     * <pre>
     *     ch.{@link #open(Path,Set,ExecutorService,FileAttribute[])
     *       open}(file, opts, null, new FileAttribute&lt;?&gt;[0]);
     * </pre>
     * where {@code opts} is a {@code Set} containing the options specified to
     * this method.
     *
     * <p> The resulting channel is associated with default thread pool to which
     * tasks are submitted to handle I/O events and dispatch to completion
     * handlers that consume the result of asynchronous operations performed on
     * the resulting channel.
     *
     * @param   file
     *          The path of the file to open or create
     * @param   options
     *          Options specifying how the file is opened
     *
     * @return  A new asynchronous file channel
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the set contains an invalid combination of options
     * @throws  UnsupportedOperationException
     *          If the {@code file} is associated with a provider that does not
     *          support creating file channels, or an unsupported open option is
     *          specified
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If an I/O error occurs
     * @throws  SecurityException
     *          If a security manager is installed and it denies an
     *          unspecified permission required by the implementation.
     *          In the case of the default provider, the {@link
     *          SecurityManager#checkRead(String)} method is invoked to check
     *          read access if the file is opened for reading. The {@link
     *          SecurityManager#checkWrite(String)} method is invoked to check
     *          write access if the file is opened for writing
     */
    public static AsynchronousFileChannel open(Path file, OpenOption... options)
        throws IOException
    {
        Set<OpenOption> set = new HashSet<OpenOption>(options.length);
        Collections.addAll(set, options);
        return open(file, set, null, NO_ATTRIBUTES);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current size of this channel's file.
     *
     * @return  The current size of this channel's file, measured in bytes
     *
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     */
    public abstract long size() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Truncates this channel's file to the given size.
     *
     * <p> If the given size is less than the file's current size then the file
     * is truncated, discarding any bytes beyond the new end of the file.  If
     * the given size is greater than or equal to the file's current size then
     * the file is not modified. </p>
     *
     * @param  size
     *         The new size, a non-negative byte count
     *
     * @return  This file channel
     *
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for writing
     *
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the new size is negative
     *
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     */
    public abstract AsynchronousFileChannel truncate(long size) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Forces any updates to this channel's file to be written to the storage
     * device that contains it.
     *
     * <p> If this channel's file resides on a local storage device then when
     * this method returns it is guaranteed that all changes made to the file
     * since this channel was created, or since this method was last invoked,
     * will have been written to that device.  This is useful for ensuring that
     * critical information is not lost in the event of a system crash.
     *
     * <p> If the file does not reside on a local device then no such guarantee
     * is made.
     *
     * <p> The {@code metaData} parameter can be used to limit the number of
     * I/O operations that this method is required to perform.  Passing
     * {@code false} for this parameter indicates that only updates to the
     * file's content need be written to storage; passing {@code true}
     * indicates that updates to both the file's content and metadata must be
     * written, which generally requires at least one more I/O operation.
     * Whether this parameter actually has any effect is dependent upon the
     * underlying operating system and is therefore unspecified.
     *
     * <p> Invoking this method may cause an I/O operation to occur even if the
     * channel was only opened for reading.  Some operating systems, for
     * example, maintain a last-access time as part of a file's metadata, and
     * this time is updated whenever the file is read.  Whether or not this is
     * actually done is system-dependent and is therefore unspecified.
     *
     * <p> This method is only guaranteed to force changes that were made to
     * this channel's file via the methods defined in this class.
     *
     * @param   metaData
     *          If {@code true} then this method is required to force changes
     *          to both the file's content and metadata to be written to
     *          storage; otherwise, it need only force content changes to be
     *          written
     *
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     *
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     */
    public abstract void force(boolean metaData) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Acquires a lock on the given region of this channel's file.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates an operation to acquire a lock on the given
     * region of this channel's file. The {@code handler} parameter is a
     * completion handler that is invoked when the lock is acquired (or the
     * operation fails). The result passed to the completion handler is the
     * resulting {@code FileLock}.
     *
     * <p> The region specified by the {@code position} and {@code size}
     * parameters need not be contained within, or even overlap, the actual
     * underlying file.  Lock regions are fixed in size; if a locked region
     * initially contains the end of the file and the file grows beyond the
     * region then the new portion of the file will not be covered by the lock.
     * If a file is expected to grow in size and a lock on the entire file is
     * required then a region starting at zero, and no smaller than the
     * expected maximum size of the file, should be locked.  The two-argument
     * {@link #lock(Object,CompletionHandler)} method simply locks a region
     * of size {@link Long#MAX_VALUE}. If a lock that overlaps the requested
     * region is already held by this Java virtual machine, or this method has
     * been invoked to lock an overlapping region and that operation has not
     * completed, then this method throws {@link OverlappingFileLockException}.
     *
     * <p> Some operating systems do not support a mechanism to acquire a file
     * lock in an asynchronous manner. Consequently an implementation may
     * acquire the file lock in a background thread or from a task executed by
     * a thread in the associated thread pool. If there are many lock operations
     * outstanding then it may consume threads in the Java virtual machine for
     * indefinite periods.
     *
     * <p> Some operating systems do not support shared locks, in which case a
     * request for a shared lock is automatically converted into a request for
     * an exclusive lock.  Whether the newly-acquired lock is shared or
     * exclusive may be tested by invoking the resulting lock object's {@link
     * FileLock#isShared() isShared} method.
     *
     * <p> File locks are held on behalf of the entire Java virtual machine.
     * They are not suitable for controlling access to a file by multiple
     * threads within the same virtual machine.
     *
     * @param   position
     *          The position at which the locked region is to start; must be
     *          non-negative
     * @param   size
     *          The size of the locked region; must be non-negative, and the sum
     *          {@code position}&nbsp;+&nbsp;{@code size} must be non-negative
     * @param   shared
     *          {@code true} to request a shared lock, in which case this
     *          channel must be open for reading (and possibly writing);
     *          {@code false} to request an exclusive lock, in which case this
     *          channel must be open for writing (and possibly reading)
     * @param   attachment
     *          The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be {@code null}
     * @param   handler
     *          The handler for consuming the result
     *
     * @throws  OverlappingFileLockException
     *          If a lock that overlaps the requested region is already held by
     *          this Java virtual machine, or there is already a pending attempt
     *          to lock an overlapping region
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the preconditions on the parameters do not hold
     * @throws  NonReadableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is true but this channel was not opened for reading
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is false but this channel was not opened for writing
     */
    public abstract <A> void lock(long position,
                                  long size,
                                  boolean shared,
                                  A attachment,
                                  CompletionHandler<FileLock,? super A> handler);

    /**
     * Acquires an exclusive lock on this channel's file.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates an operation to acquire a lock on the given
     * region of this channel's file. The {@code handler} parameter is a
     * completion handler that is invoked when the lock is acquired (or the
     * operation fails). The result passed to the completion handler is the
     * resulting {@code FileLock}.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method of the form {@code ch.lock(att,handler)}
     * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
     * <pre>
     *     ch.{@link #lock(long,long,boolean,Object,CompletionHandler) lock}(0L, Long.MAX_VALUE, false, att, handler)
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param   attachment
     *          The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be {@code null}
     * @param   handler
     *          The handler for consuming the result
     *
     * @throws  OverlappingFileLockException
     *          If a lock is already held by this Java virtual machine, or there
     *          is already a pending attempt to lock a region
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for writing
     */
    public final <A> void lock(A attachment,
                               CompletionHandler<FileLock,? super A> handler)
    {
        lock(0L, Long.MAX_VALUE, false, attachment, handler);
    }

    /**
     * Acquires a lock on the given region of this channel's file.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates an operation to acquire a lock on the given
     * region of this channel's file.  The method behaves in exactly the same
     * manner as the {@link #lock(long, long, boolean, Object, CompletionHandler)}
     * method except that instead of specifying a completion handler, this
     * method returns a {@code Future} representing the pending result. The
     * {@code Future}'s {@link Future#get() get} method returns the {@link
     * FileLock} on successful completion.
     *
     * @param   position
     *          The position at which the locked region is to start; must be
     *          non-negative
     * @param   size
     *          The size of the locked region; must be non-negative, and the sum
     *          {@code position}&nbsp;+&nbsp;{@code size} must be non-negative
     * @param   shared
     *          {@code true} to request a shared lock, in which case this
     *          channel must be open for reading (and possibly writing);
     *          {@code false} to request an exclusive lock, in which case this
     *          channel must be open for writing (and possibly reading)
     *
     * @return  a {@code Future} object representing the pending result
     *
     * @throws  OverlappingFileLockException
     *          If a lock is already held by this Java virtual machine, or there
     *          is already a pending attempt to lock a region
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the preconditions on the parameters do not hold
     * @throws  NonReadableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is true but this channel was not opened for reading
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is false but this channel was not opened for writing
     */
    public abstract Future<FileLock> lock(long position, long size, boolean shared);

    /**
     * Acquires an exclusive lock on this channel's file.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates an operation to acquire an exclusive lock on this
     * channel's file. The method returns a {@code Future} representing the
     * pending result of the operation. The {@code Future}'s {@link Future#get()
     * get} method returns the {@link FileLock} on successful completion.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the same way as the
     * invocation
     * <pre>
     *     ch.{@link #lock(long,long,boolean) lock}(0L, Long.MAX_VALUE, false)
     * </pre>
     *
     * @return  a {@code Future} object representing the pending result
     *
     * @throws  OverlappingFileLockException
     *          If a lock is already held by this Java virtual machine, or there
     *          is already a pending attempt to lock a region
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for writing
     */
    public final Future<FileLock> lock() {
        return lock(0L, Long.MAX_VALUE, false);
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to acquire a lock on the given region of this channel's file.
     *
     * <p> This method does not block. An invocation always returns immediately,
     * either having acquired a lock on the requested region or having failed to
     * do so.  If it fails to acquire a lock because an overlapping lock is held
     * by another program then it returns {@code null}.  If it fails to acquire
     * a lock for any other reason then an appropriate exception is thrown.
     *
     * @param  position
     *         The position at which the locked region is to start; must be
     *         non-negative
     *
     * @param  size
     *         The size of the locked region; must be non-negative, and the sum
     *         {@code position}&nbsp;+&nbsp;{@code size} must be non-negative
     *
     * @param  shared
     *         {@code true} to request a shared lock,
     *         {@code false} to request an exclusive lock
     *
     * @return  A lock object representing the newly-acquired lock,
     *          or {@code null} if the lock could not be acquired
     *          because another program holds an overlapping lock
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the preconditions on the parameters do not hold
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     * @throws  OverlappingFileLockException
     *          If a lock that overlaps the requested region is already held by
     *          this Java virtual machine, or if another thread is already
     *          blocked in this method and is attempting to lock an overlapping
     *          region of the same file
     * @throws  NonReadableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is true but this channel was not opened for reading
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is false but this channel was not opened for writing
     *
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     *
     * @see     #lock(Object,CompletionHandler)
     * @see     #lock(long,long,boolean,Object,CompletionHandler)
     * @see     #tryLock()
     */
    public abstract FileLock tryLock(long position, long size, boolean shared)
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Attempts to acquire an exclusive lock on this channel's file.
     *
     * <p> An invocation of this method of the form {@code ch.tryLock()}
     * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
     *
     * <pre>
     *     ch.{@link #tryLock(long,long,boolean) tryLock}(0L, Long.MAX_VALUE, false) </pre>
     *
     * @return  A lock object representing the newly-acquired lock,
     *          or {@code null} if the lock could not be acquired
     *          because another program holds an overlapping lock
     *
     * @throws  ClosedChannelException
     *          If this channel is closed
     * @throws  OverlappingFileLockException
     *          If a lock that overlaps the requested region is already held by
     *          this Java virtual machine, or if another thread is already
     *          blocked in this method and is attempting to lock an overlapping
     *          region
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If {@code shared} is false but this channel was not opened for writing
     *
     * @throws  IOException
     *          If some other I/O error occurs
     *
     * @see     #lock(Object,CompletionHandler)
     * @see     #lock(long,long,boolean,Object,CompletionHandler)
     * @see     #tryLock(long,long,boolean)
     */
    public final FileLock tryLock() throws IOException {
        return tryLock(0L, Long.MAX_VALUE, false);
    }

    /**
     * Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer,
     * starting at the given file position.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates the reading of a sequence of bytes from this
     * channel into the given buffer, starting at the given file position. The
     * result of the read is the number of bytes read or {@code -1} if the given
     * position is greater than or equal to the file's size at the time that the
     * read is attempted.
     *
     * <p> This method works in the same manner as the {@link
     * AsynchronousByteChannel#read(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler)}
     * method, except that bytes are read starting at the given file position.
     * If the given file position is greater than the file's size at the time
     * that the read is attempted then no bytes are read.
     *
     * @param   dst
     *          The buffer into which bytes are to be transferred
     * @param   position
     *          The file position at which the transfer is to begin;
     *          must be non-negative
     * @param   attachment
     *          The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be {@code null}
     * @param   handler
     *          The handler for consuming the result
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the position is negative or the buffer is read-only
     * @throws  NonReadableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for reading
     */
    public abstract <A> void read(ByteBuffer dst,
                                  long position,
                                  A attachment,
                                  CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler);

    /**
     * Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffer,
     * starting at the given file position.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates the reading of a sequence of bytes from this
     * channel into the given buffer, starting at the given file position. This
     * method returns a {@code Future} representing the pending result of the
     * operation. The {@code Future}'s {@link Future#get() get} method returns
     * the number of bytes read or {@code -1} if the given position is greater
     * than or equal to the file's size at the time that the read is attempted.
     *
     * <p> This method works in the same manner as the {@link
     * AsynchronousByteChannel#read(ByteBuffer)} method, except that bytes are
     * read starting at the given file position. If the given file position is
     * greater than the file's size at the time that the read is attempted then
     * no bytes are read.
     *
     * @param   dst
     *          The buffer into which bytes are to be transferred
     * @param   position
     *          The file position at which the transfer is to begin;
     *          must be non-negative
     *
     * @return  A {@code Future} object representing the pending result
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the position is negative or the buffer is read-only
     * @throws  NonReadableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for reading
     */
    public abstract Future<Integer> read(ByteBuffer dst, long position);

    /**
     * Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer, starting
     * at the given file position.
     *
     * <p> This method works in the same manner as the {@link
     * AsynchronousByteChannel#write(ByteBuffer,Object,CompletionHandler)}
     * method, except that bytes are written starting at the given file position.
     * If the given position is greater than the file's size, at the time that
     * the write is attempted, then the file will be grown to accommodate the new
     * bytes; the values of any bytes between the previous end-of-file and the
     * newly-written bytes are unspecified.
     *
     * @param   src
     *          The buffer from which bytes are to be transferred
     * @param   position
     *          The file position at which the transfer is to begin;
     *          must be non-negative
     * @param   attachment
     *          The object to attach to the I/O operation; can be {@code null}
     * @param   handler
     *          The handler for consuming the result
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the position is negative
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for writing
     */
    public abstract <A> void write(ByteBuffer src,
                                   long position,
                                   A attachment,
                                   CompletionHandler<Integer,? super A> handler);

    /**
     * Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffer, starting
     * at the given file position.
     *
     * <p> This method initiates the writing of a sequence of bytes to this
     * channel from the given buffer, starting at the given file position. The
     * method returns a {@code Future} representing the pending result of the
     * write operation. The {@code Future}'s {@link Future#get() get} method
     * returns the number of bytes written.
     *
     * <p> This method works in the same manner as the {@link
     * AsynchronousByteChannel#write(ByteBuffer)} method, except that bytes are
     * written starting at the given file position. If the given position is
     * greater than the file's size, at the time that the write is attempted,
     * then the file will be grown to accommodate the new bytes; the values of
     * any bytes between the previous end-of-file and the newly-written bytes
     * are unspecified.
     *
     * @param   src
     *          The buffer from which bytes are to be transferred
     * @param   position
     *          The file position at which the transfer is to begin;
     *          must be non-negative
     *
     * @return  A {@code Future} object representing the pending result
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the position is negative
     * @throws  NonWritableChannelException
     *          If this channel was not opened for writing
     */
    public abstract Future<Integer> write(ByteBuffer src, long position);
}