diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java
index c012ccd46d..3453e56a84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/buffer/ChannelBuffer.java
@@ -205,15 +205,24 @@ import java.nio.channels.ScatteringByteChannel;
*
* Conversion to existing JDK types
*
+ * NIO {@link ByteBuffer}
+ *
* Various {@link #toByteBuffer()} and {@link #toByteBuffers()} methods convert
* a {@link ChannelBuffer} into one or more NIO buffers. These methods avoid
* buffer allocation and memory copy whenever possible, but there's no
* guarantee that memory copy will not be involved or that an explicit memory
* copy will be involved.
- *
- * In case you need to convert a {@link ChannelBuffer} into
- * an {@link InputStream} or an {@link OutputStream}, please refer to
- * {@link ChannelBufferInputStream} and {@link ChannelBufferOutputStream}.
+ *
+ *
{@link String}
+ *
+ * Various {@link #toString(String)} methods convert a {@link ChannelBuffer}
+ * into a {@link String}. Plesae note that {@link #toString()} is not a
+ * conversion method.
+ *
+ * {@link InputStream} and {@link OutputStream}
+ *
+ * Please refer to {@link ChannelBufferInputStream} and
+ * {@link ChannelBufferOutputStream}.
*
* @author The Netty Project (netty-dev@lists.jboss.org)
* @author Trustin Lee (tlee@redhat.com)
@@ -626,24 +635,181 @@ public interface ChannelBuffer extends Comparable {
*/
void setLong(int index, long value);
+ /**
+ * Transfers the specified source buffer's data to this buffer starting at
+ * the specified absolute {@code index} until the destination becomes
+ * unreadable. This method is basically same with {@link #setBytes(int, ChannelBuffer, int, int)},
+ * except that this method advances the {@code readerIndex} of the source
+ * buffer while {@link #getBytes(int, ChannelBuffer, int, int)} doesn't.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or
+ * if {@code index + dst.writableBytes} is greater than {@code capacity}
+ */
void setBytes(int index, ChannelBuffer src);
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the specified source buffer's data to this buffer starting at
+ * the specified absolute {@code index}.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0},
+ * if the specified {@code srcIndex} is less than {@code 0},
+ * if {@code index + length} is greater than {@code capacity}, or
+ * if {@code srcIndex + length} is greater than {@code src.capacity}
+ */
void setBytes(int index, ChannelBuffer src, int srcIndex, int length);
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the specified source array's data to this buffer starting at
+ * the specified absolute {@code index}.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or
+ * if {@code index + src.length} is greater than {@code capacity}
+ */
void setBytes(int index, byte[] src);
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the specified source array's data to this buffer starting at
+ * the specified absolute {@code index}.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0},
+ * if the specified {@code srcIndex} is less than {@code 0},
+ * if {@code index + length} is greater than {@code capacity}, or
+ * if {@code srcIndex + length} is greater than {@code src.lenggth}
+ */
void setBytes(int index, byte[] src, int srcIndex, int length);
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the specified source buffer's data to this buffer starting at
+ * the specified absolute {@code index} until the source buffer's position
+ * reaches to its limit.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or
+ * if {@code index + src.remaining()} is greater than {@code capacity}
+ */
void setBytes(int index, ByteBuffer src);
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the content of the specified source stream to this buffer
+ * starting at the specified absolute {@code index}.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or
+ * if {@code index + length} is greater than {@code capacity}
+ * @throws IOException
+ * if the specified stream threw an exception during I/O
+ */
void setBytes(int index, InputStream in, int length) throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the content of the specified source channel to this buffer
+ * starting at the specified absolute {@code index}.
+ *
+ * @return the number of bytes read from the specified channel
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or
+ * if {@code index + length} is greater than {@code capacity}
+ * @throws IOException
+ * if the specified channel threw an exception during I/O
+ */
int setBytes(int index, ScatteringByteChannel in, int length) throws IOException;
+ /**
+ * Fills this buffer with NUL (0x00) starting at the specified
+ * absolute {@code index}.
+ *
+ * @param length the number of NULs to write to the buffer
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or
+ * if {@code index + length} is greater than {@code capacity}
+ */
void setZero(int index, int length);
+ /**
+ * Gets a byte at the current {@code readerIndex} and increases
+ * the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 1} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex} is not less than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
byte readByte();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a unsigned byte at the current {@code readerIndex} and increases
+ * the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 1} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 1} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
short readUnsignedByte();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a 16-bit short integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 2} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 2} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
short readShort();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a unsigned 16-bit short integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 2} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 2} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
int readUnsignedShort();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a 24-bit medium integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 3} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 3} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
int readMedium();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a unsigned 24-bit medium integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 3} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 3} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
int readUnsignedMedium();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a 32-bit integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 4} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 4} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
int readInt();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a unsigned 32-bit integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 4} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 4} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
long readUnsignedInt();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a 64-bit integer at the current {@code readerIndex}
+ * and increases the {@code readerIndex} by {@code 8} in this buffer.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
+ * if {@code readerIndex + 8} is greater than {@code writerIndex}
+ */
long readLong();
ChannelBuffer readBytes(int length);