RFR [8020669] java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes() does not read any data when Files.size() is 0

[Martin Buchholz]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:03 AM, roger riggs <roger.riggs at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Ivan,
>
> I'm concerned about the change in behavior for the existing working cases.
>
> How many times are the bytes copied in your proposed implementation?
> How many arrays are allocated and discarded?
> Files.copy()  uses an extra array for the copies.
>
> BAOS should only be used for size == 0; that would address the issue
> without changing the current behavior or allocations.


I also think we can do better, but we have to write the low-level code
ourselves.
copy creates an 8k buffer, which should be unnecessary.
I think we can write correct code that treats the file size as purely a
hint (or the file size may be changing concurrently), but does no extra
allocation in the case where the hint is correct.
You can detect end of file using InputStream.read(), but be prepared to
handle the returned byte if there's unexpectedly more data.
You probably have to special-case size 0, else the return from buffer read
will be ambiguous 0.