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/* * %W% %E% * * Copyright (c) 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */ package java.io; /** * Instances of the file descriptor class serve as an opaque handle * to the underlying machine-specific structure representing an open * file, an open socket, or another source or sink of bytes. The * main practical use for a file descriptor is to create a * <code>FileInputStream</code> or <code>FileOutputStream</code> to * contain it. * <p> * Applications should not create their own file descriptors. * * @author Pavani Diwanji * @version %I%, %G% * @see java.io.FileInputStream * @see java.io.FileOutputStream * @since JDK1.0 */ public final class FileDescriptor { private int fd; private long handle; /** * Constructs an (invalid) FileDescriptor * object. */ public /**/ FileDescriptor() { fd = -1; handle = -1; } private /* */ FileDescriptor(int fd) { this.fd = fd; handle = -1; } static { initIDs(); } /** * A handle to the standard input stream. Usually, this file * descriptor is not used directly, but rather via the input stream * known as <code>System.in</code>. * * @see java.lang.System#in */ public static final FileDescriptor in = standardStream(0); /** * A handle to the standard output stream. Usually, this file * descriptor is not used directly, but rather via the output stream * known as <code>System.out</code>. * @see java.lang.System#out */ public static final FileDescriptor out = standardStream(1); /** * A handle to the standard error stream. Usually, this file * descriptor is not used directly, but rather via the output stream * known as <code>System.err</code>. * * @see java.lang.System#err */ public static final FileDescriptor err = standardStream(2); /** * Tests if this file descriptor object is valid. * * @return <code>true</code> if the file descriptor object represents a * valid, open file, socket, or other active I/O connection; * <code>false</code> otherwise. */ public boolean valid() { return ((handle != -1) || (fd != -1)); } /** * Force all system buffers to synchronize with the underlying * device. This method returns after all modified data and * attributes of this FileDescriptor have been written to the * relevant device(s). In particular, if this FileDescriptor * refers to a physical storage medium, such as a file in a file * system, sync will not return until all in-memory modified copies * of buffers associated with this FileDesecriptor have been * written to the physical medium. * * sync is meant to be used by code that requires physical * storage (such as a file) to be in a known state For * example, a class that provided a simple transaction facility * might use sync to ensure that all changes to a file caused * by a given transaction were recorded on a storage medium. * * sync only affects buffers downstream of this FileDescriptor. If * any in-memory buffering is being done by the application (for * example, by a BufferedOutputStream object), those buffers must * be flushed into the FileDescriptor (for example, by invoking * OutputStream.flush) before that data will be affected by sync. * * @exception SyncFailedException * Thrown when the buffers cannot be flushed, * or because the system cannot guarantee that all the * buffers have been synchronized with physical media. * @since JDK1.1 */ public native void sync() throws SyncFailedException; /* This routine initializes JNI field offsets for the class */ private static native void initIDs(); private static native long set(int d); private static FileDescriptor standardStream(int fd) { FileDescriptor desc = new FileDescriptor(); desc.handle = set(fd); return desc; } }