[java] New IO Article w Sample Code

Click -> New I/0 Functionality for JavaTM 2 Standard Edition 1.4 A nice little article that gives an overview of all the cool new stuff we get to play with. Includes: Buffers for zero copy data transfer between your Java app, native code, files, and the network; memory-mapped files; advanced file operations (locking, etc.); regular expressions; and non-blocking IO. This is definately a big step in the history of Java, and I suggest all you bytecode junkies head over and give it a read if you haven''t done so. "If consquences dictate our course of action, it doesn''t matter what''s right, it''s only wrong if you get caught." - Tool