jakartaee / jakartaee/servlet

Expose zero-copy file transfer in Servlet API

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Description

It would be nice if the Servlet spec would expose [zero-copy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-copy) file transfer operations, so that files can be written to the network socket without involving the CPU. In Java, zero-copy is exposed through the `FileChannel::transferTo` methods, but combing this channel-based API with the Servlet spec seems impossible.

For instance, this could take the form of a `long transfer(Path file, long pos, long count)` method on either `ServletResponse` or `ServletOutputStream`, that takes the file path, position and byte count, and returns the bytes written.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the ServletResponse and ServletOutputStream APIs with Java's FileChannel.transferTo methods, as described in the issue. Done would require an agreed Servlet API design that exposes zero-copy file transfer and specifies the file, position, count, and returned byte count.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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