src/share/classes/java/nio/Buffer.java

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   * questions.
   */
  
  package java.nio;
  
+ import java.util.Spliterator;
  
  /**
   * A container for data of a specific primitive type.
   *
   * <p> A buffer is a linear, finite sequence of elements of a specific
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   * @since 1.4
   */
  
  public abstract class Buffer {
  
+     /**
+      * The characteristics of Spliterators that traverse and split elements
+      * maintained in Buffers.
+      */
+     static final int SPLITERATOR_CHARACTERISTICS =
+         Spliterator.SIZED | Spliterator.SUBSIZED | Spliterator.ORDERED;
+ 
      // Invariants: mark <= position <= limit <= capacity
      private int mark = -1;
      private int position = 0;
      private int limit;
      private int capacity;