[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of Messaging on JBoss (Messaging/JBoss)] - Re: Messaging and Remoting

"ovidiu.feodorov(a)jboss.com" wrote : | Where exactly did you see the word "stream" in the Remoting API extension document? | Why are you presuming I was referring to your posts? I was answering one of Clebert's posts where he *did* propose using streams. ovidiu.feodorov(a)jboss.com wrote : | The memory allocated when creating a direct buffer is outside of the JVM heap. The allocation is done through native methods, and it's likely to be significantly more expensive than creating non-direct buffers. | | I am not saying that we shouldn't use ByteBuffers for the low-level access API, I am saying that we should be very careful how we handle them, and what kind of buffers we pass around, so the drawbacks don't outweigh the speed advantages obtained by having I/O devices writing directly in the memory areas managed by direct buffers. | Are suggesting we preclude people from using direct byte buffers? As far as I am concerned it is up to the user to use the API properly. We shouldn't prevent them doing high performance stuff because we thing they're a bit stupid and might make mistakes. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3980269#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...