Roman Kennke wrote: > I don't know if the FileInputStream should attempt to use a direct > buffer. I guess it could be better in the case when a VM supports > efficient access to it (see above). In other cases it should not be > slower, so we should probably try to use direct buffers there (and in > other places like the InputStreamReader).
Just as a data point, this is not universally true. On IKVM, using a direct buffer would result in much less efficient i/o. Regards, Jeroen
