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POJava NIO FileChannel versus FileOutputstream performance / usefulness
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copied!<p>I am trying to figure out if there is any difference in performance (or advantages) when we use nio <code>FileChannel</code> versus normal <code>FileInputStream/FileOuputStream</code> to read and write files to filesystem. I observed that on my machine both perform at the same level, also many times the <code>FileChannel</code> way is slower. Can I please know more details comparing these two methods. Here is the code I used, the file that I am testing with is around <code>350MB</code>. Is it a good option to use NIO based classes for File I/O, if I am not looking at random access or other such advanced features?</p> <pre><code>package trialjavaprograms; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class JavaNIOTest { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { useNormalIO(); useFileChannel(); } private static void useNormalIO() throws Exception { File file = new File("/home/developer/test.iso"); File oFile = new File("/home/developer/test2"); long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis(); InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file); FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(oFile); byte[] buf = new byte[64 * 1024]; int len = 0; while((len = is.read(buf)) != -1) { fos.write(buf, 0, len); } fos.flush(); fos.close(); is.close(); long time2 = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("Time taken: "+(time2-time1)+" ms"); } private static void useFileChannel() throws Exception { File file = new File("/home/developer/test.iso"); File oFile = new File("/home/developer/test2"); long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis(); FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file); FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(oFile); FileChannel f = is.getChannel(); FileChannel f2 = fos.getChannel(); ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(64 * 1024); long len = 0; while((len = f.read(buf)) != -1) { buf.flip(); f2.write(buf); buf.clear(); } f2.close(); f.close(); long time2 = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("Time taken: "+(time2-time1)+" ms"); } } </code></pre>

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