All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<LongBuffer>
```
public abstract class LongBuffer
extends Buffer
implements Comparable<LongBuffer>
```
A long buffer.
This class defines four categories of operations upon long buffers:
- Absolute and relative get and put methods that read and write single longs;
- Relative bulk get methods that transfer contiguous sequences of longs from this buffer into an array; and
- Relative bulk put methods that transfer contiguous sequences of longs from a long array or some other long buffer into this buffer; and
- A method for compacting a long buffer.
Long buffers can be created either by allocation, which allocates space for the buffer's content, by wrapping an existing long array into a buffer, or by creating a view of an existing byte buffer.
Like a byte buffer, a long buffer is either direct or non-direct. A long buffer created via the wrap methods of this class will be non-direct. A long buffer created as a view of a byte buffer will be direct if, and only if, the byte buffer itself is direct. Whether or not a long buffer is direct may be determined by invoking the isDirect method.

Methods in this class that do not otherwise have a value to return are specified to return the buffer upon which they are invoked. This allows method invocations to be chained.
Since:

1.4

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static LongBuffer`	`allocate(int capacity)`	Allocates a new long buffer.
`long[]`	`array()`	Returns the long array that backs this buffer (optional operation).
`int`	`arrayOffset()`	Returns the offset within this buffer's backing array of the first element of the buffer (optional operation).
`abstract LongBuffer`	`asReadOnlyBuffer()`	Creates a new, read-only long buffer that shares this buffer's content.
`LongBuffer`	`clear()`	Clears this buffer.
`abstract LongBuffer`	`compact()`	Compacts this buffer (optional operation).
`int`	`compareTo(LongBuffer that)`	Compares this buffer to another.
`abstract LongBuffer`	`duplicate()`	Creates a new long buffer that shares this buffer's content.
`boolean`	`equals(Object ob)`	Tells whether or not this buffer is equal to another object.
`LongBuffer`	`flip()`	Flips this buffer.
`abstract long`	`get()`	Relative get method.
`abstract long`	`get(int index)`	Absolute get method.
`LongBuffer`	`get(long[] dst)`	Relative bulk get method.
`LongBuffer`	`get(long[] dst, int offset, int length)`	Relative bulk get method.
`boolean`	`hasArray()`	Tells whether or not this buffer is backed by an accessible long array.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns the current hash code of this buffer.
`abstract boolean`	`isDirect()`	Tells whether or not this long buffer is direct.
`LongBuffer`	`limit(int newLimit)`	Sets this buffer's limit.
`LongBuffer`	`mark()`	Sets this buffer's mark at its position.
`abstract ByteOrder`	`order()`	Retrieves this buffer's byte order.
`LongBuffer`	`position(int newPosition)`	Sets this buffer's position.
`abstract LongBuffer`	`put(int index, long l)`	Absolute put method (optional operation).
`abstract LongBuffer`	`put(long l)`	Relative put method (optional operation).
`LongBuffer`	`put(long[] src)`	Relative bulk put method (optional operation).
`LongBuffer`	`put(long[] src, int offset, int length)`	Relative bulk put method (optional operation).
`LongBuffer`	`put(LongBuffer src)`	Relative bulk put method (optional operation).
`LongBuffer`	`reset()`	Resets this buffer's position to the previously-marked position.
`LongBuffer`	`rewind()`	Rewinds this buffer.
`abstract LongBuffer`	`slice()`	Creates a new long buffer whose content is a shared subsequence of this buffer's content.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string summarizing the state of this buffer.
`static LongBuffer`	`wrap(long[] array)`	Wraps a long array into a buffer.
`static LongBuffer`	`wrap(long[] array, int offset, int length)`	Wraps a long array into a buffer.

Methods inherited from class java.nio.Buffer
capacity, hasRemaining, isReadOnly, limit, position, remaining

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - allocate
```
public static LongBuffer allocate(int capacity)
```
    Allocates a new long buffer.
    The new buffer's position will be zero, its limit will be its capacity, its mark will be undefined, each of its elements will be initialized to zero, and its byte order will be the native order of the underlying hardware. It will have a backing array, and its array offset will be zero.
    
    Parameters:
    
    capacity - The new buffer's capacity, in longs
    
    Returns:
    
    The new long buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - If the capacity is a negative integer
  - wrap
```
public static LongBuffer wrap(long[] array,
                              int offset,
                              int length)
```
    Wraps a long array into a buffer.
    The new buffer will be backed by the given long array; that is, modifications to the buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new buffer's capacity will be array.length, its position will be offset, its limit will be offset + length, its mark will be undefined, and its byte order will be the native order of the underlying hardware. Its backing array will be the given array, and its array offset will be zero.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - The array that will back the new buffer
    
    offset - The offset of the subarray to be used; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length. The new buffer's position will be set to this value.
    
    length - The length of the subarray to be used; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length - offset. The new buffer's limit will be set to offset + length.
    
    Returns:
    
    The new long buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the offset and length parameters do not hold
  - wrap
```
public static LongBuffer wrap(long[] array)
```
    Wraps a long array into a buffer.
    The new buffer will be backed by the given long array; that is, modifications to the buffer will cause the array to be modified and vice versa. The new buffer's capacity and limit will be array.length, its position will be zero, its mark will be undefined, and its byte order will be the native order of the underlying hardware. Its backing array will be the given array, and its array offset will be zero.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - The array that will back this buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    The new long buffer
  - slice
```
public abstract LongBuffer slice()
```
    Creates a new long buffer whose content is a shared subsequence of this buffer's content.
    The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
    The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be the number of longs remaining in this buffer, its mark will be undefined, and its byte order will be identical to that of this buffer. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
    
    Specified by:
    
    slice in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    The new long buffer
  - duplicate
```
public abstract LongBuffer duplicate()
```
    Creates a new long buffer that shares this buffer's content.
    The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
    The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, mark values, and byte order will be identical to those of this buffer. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
    
    Specified by:
    
    duplicate in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    The new long buffer
  - asReadOnlyBuffer
```
public abstract LongBuffer asReadOnlyBuffer()
```
    Creates a new, read-only long buffer that shares this buffer's content.
    The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer; the new buffer itself, however, will be read-only and will not allow the shared content to be modified. The two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
    The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, mark values, and byte order will be identical to those of this buffer.
    If this buffer is itself read-only then this method behaves in exactly the same way as the duplicate method.
    
    Returns:
    
    The new, read-only long buffer
  - get
```
public abstract long get()
```
    Relative get method. Reads the long at this buffer's current position, and then increments the position.
    
    Returns:
    
    The long at the buffer's current position
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferUnderflowException - If the buffer's current position is not smaller than its limit
  - put
```
public abstract LongBuffer put(long l)
```
    Relative put method (optional operation).
    Writes the given long into this buffer at the current position, and then increments the position.
    
    Parameters:
    
    l - The long to be written
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferOverflowException - If this buffer's current position is not smaller than its limit
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
  - get
```
public abstract long get(int index)
```
    Absolute get method. Reads the long at the given index.
    
    Parameters:
    
    index - The index from which the long will be read
    
    Returns:
    
    The long at the given index
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is negative or not smaller than the buffer's limit
  - put
```
public abstract LongBuffer put(int index,
                               long l)
```
    Absolute put method (optional operation).
    Writes the given long into this buffer at the given index.
    
    Parameters:
    
    index - The index at which the long will be written
    
    l - The long value to be written
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - If index is negative or not smaller than the buffer's limit
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
  - get
```
public LongBuffer get(long[] dst,
                      int offset,
                      int length)
```
    Relative bulk get method.
    This method transfers longs from this buffer into the given destination array. If there are fewer longs remaining in the buffer than are required to satisfy the request, that is, if length > remaining(), then no longs are transferred and a BufferUnderflowException is thrown.
    Otherwise, this method copies length longs from this buffer into the given array, starting at the current position of this buffer and at the given offset in the array. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
    In other words, an invocation of this method of the form src.get(dst, off, len) has exactly the same effect as the loop
    for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++) dst[i] = src.get():
    except that it first checks that there are sufficient longs in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
    Parameters:
    
    dst - The array into which longs are to be written
    
    offset - The offset within the array of the first long to be written; must be non-negative and no larger than dst.length
    
    length - The maximum number of longs to be written to the given array; must be non-negative and no larger than dst.length - offset
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length longs remaining in this buffer
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the offset and length parameters do not hold
  - get
```
public LongBuffer get(long[] dst)
```
    Relative bulk get method.
    This method transfers longs from this buffer into the given destination array. An invocation of this method of the form src.get(a) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
    src.get(a, 0, a.length)
    Parameters:
    
    dst - The destination array
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferUnderflowException - If there are fewer than length longs remaining in this buffer
  - put
```
public LongBuffer put(LongBuffer src)
```
    Relative bulk put method (optional operation).
    This method transfers the longs remaining in the given source buffer into this buffer. If there are more longs remaining in the source buffer than in this buffer, that is, if src.remaining() > remaining(), then no longs are transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.
    Otherwise, this method copies n = src.remaining() longs from the given buffer into this buffer, starting at each buffer's current position. The positions of both buffers are then incremented by n.
    In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src) has exactly the same effect as the loop
    while (src.hasRemaining()) dst.put(src.get());
    except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
    Parameters:
    
    src - The source buffer from which longs are to be read; must not be this buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer for the remaining longs in the source buffer
    
    IllegalArgumentException - If the source buffer is this buffer
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
  - put
```
public LongBuffer put(long[] src,
                      int offset,
                      int length)
```
    Relative bulk put method (optional operation).
    This method transfers longs into this buffer from the given source array. If there are more longs to be copied from the array than remain in this buffer, that is, if length > remaining(), then no longs are transferred and a BufferOverflowException is thrown.
    Otherwise, this method copies length longs from the given array into this buffer, starting at the given offset in the array and at the current position of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
    In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src, off, len) has exactly the same effect as the loop
    for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++) dst.put(a[i]);
    except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
    Parameters:
    
    src - The array from which longs are to be read
    
    offset - The offset within the array of the first long to be read; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length
    
    length - The number of longs to be read from the given array; must be non-negative and no larger than array.length - offset
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the offset and length parameters do not hold
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
  - put
```
public final LongBuffer put(long[] src)
```
    Relative bulk put method (optional operation).
    This method transfers the entire content of the given source long array into this buffer. An invocation of this method of the form dst.put(a) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
    dst.put(a, 0, a.length)
    Parameters:
    
    src - The source array
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    BufferOverflowException - If there is insufficient space in this buffer
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
  - hasArray
```
public final boolean hasArray()
```
    Tells whether or not this buffer is backed by an accessible long array.
    If this method returns true then the array and arrayOffset methods may safely be invoked.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hasArray in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    true if, and only if, this buffer is backed by an array and is not read-only
  - array
```
public final long[] array()
```
    Returns the long array that backs this buffer (optional operation).
    Modifications to this buffer's content will cause the returned array's content to be modified, and vice versa.
    Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure that this buffer has an accessible backing array.
    
    Specified by:
    
    array in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    The array that backs this buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but is read-only
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an accessible array
  - arrayOffset
```
public final int arrayOffset()
```
    Returns the offset within this buffer's backing array of the first element of the buffer (optional operation).
    If this buffer is backed by an array then buffer position p corresponds to array index p + arrayOffset().
    Invoke the hasArray method before invoking this method in order to ensure that this buffer has an accessible backing array.
    
    Specified by:
    
    arrayOffset in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    The offset within this buffer's array of the first element of the buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is backed by an array but is read-only
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - If this buffer is not backed by an accessible array
  - position
```
public final LongBuffer position(int newPosition)
```
    Sets this buffer's position. If the mark is defined and larger than the new position then it is discarded.
    
    Overrides:
    
    position in class Buffer
    
    Parameters:
    
    newPosition - The new position value; must be non-negative and no larger than the current limit
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - limit
```
public final LongBuffer limit(int newLimit)
```
    Sets this buffer's limit. If the position is larger than the new limit then it is set to the new limit. If the mark is defined and larger than the new limit then it is discarded.
    
    Overrides:
    
    limit in class Buffer
    
    Parameters:
    
    newLimit - The new limit value; must be non-negative and no larger than this buffer's capacity
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - mark
```
public final LongBuffer mark()
```
    Sets this buffer's mark at its position.
    
    Overrides:
    
    mark in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - reset
```
public final LongBuffer reset()
```
    Resets this buffer's position to the previously-marked position.
    Invoking this method neither changes nor discards the mark's value.
    
    Overrides:
    
    reset in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - clear
```
public final LongBuffer clear()
```
    Clears this buffer. The position is set to zero, the limit is set to the capacity, and the mark is discarded.
    Invoke this method before using a sequence of channel-read or put operations to fill this buffer. For example:
    buf.clear(); // Prepare buffer for reading in.read(buf); // Read data
    
    This method does not actually erase the data in the buffer, but it is named as if it did because it will most often be used in situations in which that might as well be the case.
    Overrides:
    
    clear in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - flip
```
public final LongBuffer flip()
```
    Flips this buffer. The limit is set to the current position and then the position is set to zero. If the mark is defined then it is discarded.
    After a sequence of channel-read or put operations, invoke this method to prepare for a sequence of channel-write or relative get operations. For example:
    buf.put(magic); // Prepend header in.read(buf); // Read data into rest of buffer buf.flip(); // Flip buffer out.write(buf); // Write header + data to channel
    
    This method is often used in conjunction with the compact method when transferring data from one place to another.
    Overrides:
    
    flip in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - rewind
```
public final LongBuffer rewind()
```
    Rewinds this buffer. The position is set to zero and the mark is discarded.
    Invoke this method before a sequence of channel-write or get operations, assuming that the limit has already been set appropriately. For example:
    out.write(buf); // Write remaining data buf.rewind(); // Rewind buffer buf.get(array); // Copy data into array
    Overrides:
    
    rewind in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
  - compact
```
public abstract LongBuffer compact()
```
    Compacts this buffer (optional operation).
    The longs between the buffer's current position and its limit, if any, are copied to the beginning of the buffer. That is, the long at index p = position() is copied to index zero, the long at index p + 1 is copied to index one, and so forth until the long at index limit() - 1 is copied to index n = limit() - 1 - p. The buffer's position is then set to n+1 and its limit is set to its capacity. The mark, if defined, is discarded.
    The buffer's position is set to the number of longs copied, rather than to zero, so that an invocation of this method can be followed immediately by an invocation of another relative put method.
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer
    
    Throws:
    
    ReadOnlyBufferException - If this buffer is read-only
  - isDirect
```
public abstract boolean isDirect()
```
    Tells whether or not this long buffer is direct.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isDirect in class Buffer
    
    Returns:
    
    true if, and only if, this buffer is direct
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns a string summarizing the state of this buffer.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    A summary string
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Returns the current hash code of this buffer.
    The hash code of a long buffer depends only upon its remaining elements; that is, upon the elements from position() up to, and including, the element at limit() - 1.
    Because buffer hash codes are content-dependent, it is inadvisable to use buffers as keys in hash maps or similar data structures unless it is known that their contents will not change.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    The current hash code of this buffer
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object ob)
```
    Tells whether or not this buffer is equal to another object.
    Two long buffers are equal if, and only if,
    
    They have the same element type,
    
    They have the same number of remaining elements, and
    
    The two sequences of remaining elements, considered independently of their starting positions, are pointwise equal.
    
    A long buffer is not equal to any other type of object.
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    ob - The object to which this buffer is to be compared
    
    Returns:
    
    true if, and only if, this buffer is equal to the given object
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.hashCode(), HashMap
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(LongBuffer that)
```
    Compares this buffer to another.
    Two long buffers are compared by comparing their sequences of remaining elements lexicographically, without regard to the starting position of each sequence within its corresponding buffer. Pairs of long elements are compared as if by invoking Long.compare(long,long).
    A long buffer is not comparable to any other type of object.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface Comparable<LongBuffer>
    
    Parameters:
    
    that - the object to be compared.
    
    Returns:
    
    A negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this buffer is less than, equal to, or greater than the given buffer
  - order
```
public abstract ByteOrder order()
```
    Retrieves this buffer's byte order.
    The byte order of a long buffer created by allocation or by wrapping an existing long array is the native order of the underlying hardware. The byte order of a long buffer created as a view of a byte buffer is that of the byte buffer at the moment that the view is created.
    
    Returns:
    
    This buffer's byte order

Class LongBuffer

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.nio.Buffer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

allocate

wrap

wrap

slice

duplicate

asReadOnlyBuffer

get

put

get

put

get

get

put

put

put

hasArray

array

arrayOffset

position

limit

mark

reset

clear

flip

rewind

compact

isDirect

toString

hashCode

equals

compareTo

order