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43  
44  package org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs;
45  
46  import java.io.IOException;
47  import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
48  
49  /**
50   * Readable random access byte channel from a file.
51   */
52  public interface ReadableChannel extends ReadableByteChannel {
53  	/**
54  	 * Get the current position of the channel.
55  	 *
56  	 * @return r current offset.
57  	 * @throws java.io.IOException
58  	 *             the channel's current position cannot be obtained.
59  	 */
60  	public long position() throws IOException;
61  
62  	/**
63  	 * Seek the current position of the channel to a new offset.
64  	 *
65  	 * @param newPosition
66  	 *            position to move the channel to. The next read will start from
67  	 *            here. This should be a multiple of the {@link #blockSize()}.
68  	 * @throws java.io.IOException
69  	 *             the position cannot be updated. This may be because the
70  	 *             channel only supports block aligned IO and the current
71  	 *             position is not block aligned.
72  	 */
73  	public void position(long newPosition) throws IOException;
74  
75  	/**
76  	 * Get the total size of the channel.
77  	 * <p>
78  	 * Prior to reading from a channel the size might not yet be known.
79  	 * Implementors may return -1 until after the first read method call. Once a
80  	 * read has been completed, the underlying file size should be available.
81  	 *
82  	 * @return r total size of the channel; -1 if not yet available.
83  	 * @throws java.io.IOException
84  	 *             the size cannot be determined.
85  	 */
86  	public long size() throws IOException;
87  
88  	/**
89  	 * Get the recommended alignment for reads.
90  	 * <p>
91  	 * Starting a read at multiples of the blockSize is more efficient than
92  	 * starting a read at any other position. If 0 or -1 the channel does not
93  	 * have any specific block size recommendation.
94  	 * <p>
95  	 * Channels should not recommend large block sizes. Sizes up to 1-4 MiB may
96  	 * be reasonable, but sizes above that may be horribly inefficient. The
97  	 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs.DfsBlockCache} favors the
98  	 * alignment suggested by the channel rather than the configured size under
99  	 * the assumption that reads are very expensive and the channel knows what
100 	 * size is best to access it with.
101 	 *
102 	 * @return recommended alignment size for randomly positioned reads. Does
103 	 *         not need to be a power of 2.
104 	 */
105 	public int blockSize();
106 
107 	/**
108 	 * Recommend the channel maintain a read-ahead buffer.
109 	 * <p>
110 	 * A read-ahead buffer of approximately {@code bufferSize} in bytes may be
111 	 * allocated and used by the channel to smooth out latency for read.
112 	 * <p>
113 	 * Callers can continue to read in smaller than {@code bufferSize} chunks.
114 	 * With read-ahead buffering enabled read latency may fluctuate in a pattern
115 	 * of one slower read followed by {@code (bufferSize / readSize) - 1} fast
116 	 * reads satisfied by the read-ahead buffer. When summed up overall time to
117 	 * read the same contiguous range should be lower than if read-ahead was not
118 	 * enabled, as the implementation can combine reads to increase throughput.
119 	 * <p>
120 	 * To avoid unnecessary IO callers should only enable read-ahead if the
121 	 * majority of the channel will be accessed in order.
122 	 * <p>
123 	 * Implementations may chose to read-ahead using asynchronous APIs or
124 	 * background threads, or may simply aggregate reads using a buffer.
125 	 * <p>
126 	 * This read ahead stays in effect until the channel is closed or the buffer
127 	 * size is set to 0.
128 	 *
129 	 * @param bufferSize
130 	 *            requested size of the read ahead buffer, in bytes.
131 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
132 	 *             if the read ahead cannot be adjusted.
133 	 */
134 	public void setReadAheadBytes(int bufferSize) throws IOException;
135 }