java.nio.*Buffer read/write atomicity

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2012/12/19 12:37 -0800, david.holmes at oracle.com:
> If multiple threads have to synchronize access to the buffer then the
> reads/writes do not need to be atomic. Atomicity is only needed when
> data races are allowed.

Correct.

Byte buffers, especially the direct variety, are all about performance.
Making operations upon them atomic is not a problem that needs to be
solved.

- Mark