Gets byte array from a ByteBuffer in java

Question

Is this the recommended way to get the bytes from the ByteBuffer

ByteBuffer bb =..

byte[] b = new byte[bb.remaining()]
bb.get(b, 0, b.length);

Answer 1

If one does not know anything about the internal state of the given (Direct)ByteBuffer and wants to retrieve the whole content of the buffer, this can be used:

ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ...;
byte[] data = new byte[byteBuffer.capacity()];
((ByteBuffer) byteBuffer.duplicate().clear()).get(data);