RandomAccessData (Payara Project 6.2023.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayRandomAccessData, RandomAccessDataFile
```
public interface RandomAccessData
```
Interface that provides read-only random access to some underlying data. Implementations must allow concurrent reads in a thread-safe manner.

Author:

Phillip Webb

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class RandomAccessData.ResourceAccess
Lock modes for accessing the underlying resource.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`InputStream`	`getInputStream(RandomAccessData.ResourceAccess access)`	Returns an `InputStream` that can be used to read the underlying data.
`long`	`getSize()`	Returns the size of the data.
`RandomAccessData`	`getSubsection(long offset, long length)`	Returns a new `RandomAccessData` for a specific subsection of this data.

- Method Detail
  - getInputStream
```
InputStream getInputStream(RandomAccessData.ResourceAccess access)
                    throws IOException
```
    Returns an InputStream that can be used to read the underlying data. The caller is responsible close the underlying stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    access - hint indicating how the underlying data should be accessed
    
    Returns:
    
    a new input stream that can be used to read the underlying data.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the stream cannot be opened
  - getSubsection
```
RandomAccessData getSubsection(long offset,
                               long length)
```
    Returns a new RandomAccessData for a specific subsection of this data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    offset - the offset of the subsection
    
    length - the length of the subsection
    
    Returns:
    
    the subsection data
  - getSize
```
long getSize()
```
    Returns the size of the data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the size