CharBuffer asReadOnlyBuffer() method in Java

The asReadOnlyBuffer() method of java.nio.CharBuffer Class is used to create a new, read-only char buffer with this buffer’s content. The new buffer is a replica of this buffer. Hence changes made to this buffer’s content will be visible in the new buffer.

Since the new buffer is read-only, therefore any modification to its content won’t be allowed. The two buffers’ position, limit, and mark values will be independent. The new buffer’s capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical to those of this buffer. If this buffer is itself read-only then this method behaves in exactly the same way as the duplicate method.

Syntax :

public abstract CharBuffer asReadOnlyBuffer()

Return Value: This method returns the new, read-only char buffer with the same content as that of this buffer.

Below are the examples to illustrate the asReadOnlyBuffer() method:

Examples 1:

// Java program to demonstrate
// asReadOnlyBuffer() method

import java.nio.*;
import java.util.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Declaring the capacity of the CharBuffer
        int capacity = 10;

        // Creating the CharBuffer
        try {

            // creating object of charbuffer
            // and allocating size capacity
            CharBuffer cb = CharBuffer.allocate(capacity);

            // putting the value in charbuffer
            cb.put('a');
            cb.put(2, 'b');
            cb.rewind();

            // print the charBuffer
            System.out.println("Original CharBuffer:  "
                               + Arrays.toString(cb.array()));

            // Creating a read-only copy of CharBuffer
            // using asReadOnlyBuffer() method
            CharBuffer charBuffer = cb.asReadOnlyBuffer();

            // print the CharBuffer
            System.out.print("\nReadOnlyBuffer CharBuffer: ");

            while (charBuffer.hasRemaining())
                System.out.print(charBuffer.get() + ", ");
        }

        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            System.out.println("IllegalArgumentException catched");
        }

        catch (ReadOnlyBufferException e) {
            System.out.println("ReadOnlyBufferException catched");
        }
    }
}

Output:

Original CharBuffer:  [a,