import java.nio.channels.FileChannel.MapMode; import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.File; public class MMapReadFile { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { MappedByteBuffer buff = getBufferFor(new File(args[0])); String results = new String(buff.asCharBuffer()); } public static MappedByteBuffer getBufferFor(File f) throws IOException { RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile(f, "r"); MappedByteBuffer buffer = file.getChannel().map(MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, f.length()); file.close(); return buffer; } }