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You use a ByteArrayOutputStream but only way you can access the result
is by getting a copy of the byte array each time you write. Is there a
better way to do this that doesn't require creating a new byte array
for each write? I looked at the nio package and didn't see any support
for writing objects to a file.
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Ron Albright wrote:
> You use a ByteArrayOutputStream but only way you can access the result
> is by getting a copy of the byte array each time you write. Is there a
> better way to do this that doesn't require creating a new byte array
> for each write?

'Better'? In what way is the existing situation 'worse'?

[ I do not know much about the specific area
that you are speaking of, but wonder if you
are not attempting to optimize something
that does not require optimization?]

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"Ron Albright" <> wrote in message
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> You use a ByteArrayOutputStream but only way you can access the result
> is by getting a copy of the byte array each time you write. Is there a
> better way to do this that doesn't require creating a new byte array
> for each write?

In what way are you using the ByteArrayOutputStream. You don't need to
create an array each time you write. Surely that is the objective of using
this class.

>I looked at the nio package and didn't see any support
> for writing objects to a file.

And how does the above relate to writing to a file. If you want to write
your bytes to a file then have a look at the java.io package. You need to
include something like a DataOutputStream and a FileWriter.

Cheers

Andrew


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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:24:04 +0800, "Andrew Hobbs"
<andrewh1_NoSpam_@iinet.net.au> wrote:

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>"Ron Albright" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> You use a ByteArrayOutputStream but only way you can access the result
>> is by getting a copy of the byte array each time you write. Is there a
>> better way to do this that doesn't require creating a new byte array
>> for each write?
>
>In what way are you using the ByteArrayOutputStream. You don't need to
>create an array each time you write. Surely that is the objective of using
>this class.

The only way to write the byte array from a
ByteArrayOutputStream is the getByteArray() method or the
writeTo() method. The first gives you a copy of the array
which has to be alloced and garbage collected every time you
write an object. The second requires opening a stream and
skipping to the position you want to write to every time you
write an object. Neither seems very efficient.

>
>>I looked at the nio package and didn't see any support
>> for writing objects to a file.
>
>And how does the above relate to writing to a file. If you want to write
>your bytes to a file then have a look at the java.io package. You need to
>include something like a DataOutputStream and a FileWriter.

You can't write to a random position with streams.

The context of the questions is a fast guarantied persistent
queue or stack. The idea is a collector getting data and
persisting it before acking and a distributor passing it on
and getting an ack before it is removed.

Ron Albright
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