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	package java.nio.channels;

	import java.io.IOException;
	import java.nio.ByteBuffer;


	/**
	* A channel that can read bytes into a sequence of buffers.
	*
	* <p> A <i>scattering</i> read operation reads, in a single invocation, a
	* sequence of bytes into one or more of a given sequence of buffers.
	* Scattering reads are often useful when implementing network protocols or
	* file formats that, for example, group data into segments consisting of one
	* or more fixed-length headers followed by a variable-length body. Similar
	* <i>gathering</i> write operations are defined in the {@link
	* GatheringByteChannel} interface. </p>
	*
	*
	* @author Mark Reinhold
	* @author JSR-51 Expert Group
	* @since 1.4
	*/

	public interface ScatteringByteChannel
	extends ReadableByteChannel
	{

	/**
	* Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into a subsequence of the
	* given buffers.
	*
	* <p> An invocation of this method attempts to read up to <i>r</i> bytes
	* from this channel, where <i>r</i> is the total number of bytes remaining
	* the specified subsequence of the given buffer array, that is,
	*
	* <blockquote><pre>
	* dsts[offset].remaining()
	* + dsts[offset+1].remaining()
	* + ... + dsts[offset+length-1].remaining()</pre></blockquote>
	*
	* at the moment that this method is invoked.
	*
	* <p> Suppose that a byte sequence of length <i>n</i> is read, where
	* <tt>0</tt> <tt><=</tt> <i>n</i> <tt><=</tt> <i>r</i>.
	* Up to the first <tt>dsts[offset].remaining()</tt> bytes of this sequence
	* are transferred into buffer <tt>dsts[offset]</tt>, up to the next
	* <tt>dsts[offset+1].remaining()</tt> bytes are transferred into buffer
	* <tt>dsts[offset+1]</tt>, and so forth, until the entire byte sequence
	* is transferred into the given buffers. As many bytes as possible are
	* transferred into each buffer, hence the final position of each updated
	* buffer, except the last updated buffer, is guaranteed to be equal to
	* that buffer's limit.
	*
	* <p> This method may be invoked at any time. If another thread has
	* already initiated a read operation upon this channel, however, then an
	* invocation of this method will block until the first operation is
	* complete. </p>
	*
	* @param dsts
	* The buffers into which bytes are to be transferred
	*
	* @param offset
	* The offset within the buffer array of the first buffer into
	* which bytes are to be transferred; must be non-negative and no
	* larger than <tt>dsts.length</tt>
	*
	* @param length
	* The maximum number of buffers to be accessed; must be
	* non-negative and no larger than
	* <tt>dsts.length</tt> - <tt>offset</tt>
	*
	* @return The number of bytes read, possibly zero,
	* or <tt>-1</tt> if the channel has reached end-of-stream
	*
	* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
	* If the preconditions on the <tt>offset</tt> and <tt>length</tt>
	* parameters do not hold
	*
	* @throws NonReadableChannelException
	* If this channel was not opened for reading
	*
	* @throws ClosedChannelException
	* If this channel is closed
	*
	* @throws AsynchronousCloseException
	* If another thread closes this channel
	* while the read operation is in progress
	*
	* @throws ClosedByInterruptException
	* If another thread interrupts the current thread
	* while the read operation is in progress, thereby
	* closing the channel and setting the current thread's
	* interrupt status
	*
	* @throws IOException
	* If some other I/O error occurs
	*/
	public long read(ByteBuffer[] dsts, int offset, int length)
	throws IOException;

	/**
	* Reads a sequence of bytes from this channel into the given buffers.
	*
	* <p> An invocation of this method of the form <tt>c.read(dsts)</tt>
	* behaves in exactly the same manner as the invocation
	*
	* <blockquote><pre>
	* c.read(dsts, 0, dsts.length);</pre></blockquote>
	*
	* @param dsts
	* The buffers into which bytes are to be transferred
	*
	* @return The number of bytes read, possibly zero,
	* or <tt>-1</tt> if the channel has reached end-of-stream
	*
	* @throws NonReadableChannelException
	* If this channel was not opened for reading
	*
	* @throws ClosedChannelException
	* If this channel is closed
	*
	* @throws AsynchronousCloseException
	* If another thread closes this channel
	* while the read operation is in progress
	*
	* @throws ClosedByInterruptException
	* If another thread interrupts the current thread
	* while the read operation is in progress, thereby
	* closing the channel and setting the current thread's
	* interrupt status
	*
	* @throws IOException
	* If some other I/O error occurs
	*/
	public long read(ByteBuffer[] dsts) throws IOException;

	}

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