I know that RandomAccessFile does not use buffering (and unlike in case of FileInputStream, it obviously cannot be combined with BufferedInputStream).
I need to read many small chunks of data from random file positions (which can't be sorted, as they arrive continously), so RandomAccessFile sounds ideal. My question: the filesystem still does some buffering, doesn't it? So, while I shouldn't strictly rely on it, I can still expect that reads that are close to each won't reach the hardware, will they? (assuming that reading is block-based, so the filesystem can buffer the blocks that were read) My application can be installed both on the SD card and on the phone memory of Android devices. Android is based on linux, but I don't know how filesystem buffering works and whether it depends on if the read was from phone memory or the SD card. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
